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Whether the Hells Angels are just a group of motorcycle enthusiasts or a criminal organization capable of
“horrible things” was at issue in a Kelowna courtroom
Tuesday as a justice struggled to determine how to factor in Joseph Bruce Skreptak’s membership in the club
while considering his sentence for punching a father in
the face while trying to extract a confession from the
man’s son.
Late on Nov. 1, 2010, Skreptak, 47, went to the
home of a Kelowna teenager to confront him about approximately $10,000 in jewelry that had gone missing from his home. While in the one-room apartment,
Skreptak punched the youth’s father four to five times,
the court heard.
As a result, the man’s left side of his face was
pushed in and he suffered fractures to the bones around
his eye that required surgery to insert plates, said Crown
counsel Catherine Fedder.
And while the justice was told it is not known
whether Skreptak punched the man out of intimidation
or because he was frustrated the father was “lipping”
him off, the Crown said the two teens present for the assault were intimidated by the knowledge that Skreptak
was a member of the Hells Angels.
“This case is…about a grown man who chooses
to use his position as a member of an outlaw motorcycle gang to bully two teenagers and a defenceless man,”
said Fedder.
Rather than go to police about the missing items, he
resorted to “extreme violence” to get the information he
wanted, she said.
But defence lawyer Brian Jackson said Skreptak
didn’t go to the police because he didn’t want to get the
kids, who apparently sold the stolen jewelry for marijuana, in trouble.
“He’s the first one to admit he approached this in the
wrong way,” said Jackson. “He’s embarrassed by it.”
“(But) whatever happened that night had nothing to
do with the Hells Angels,” he added.
Fedder, however, argued the teens couldn’t strip
away their knowledge of Skreptak’s membership and
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meant to send across Canada. Among them were Grade 6 students from First Lutheran Christian School in Kelowna (from left) Kaiya MacLeod, Tessa Monaghan, Chilina Crawford, Ysabelle Hohn
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▼ PROVINCIAL ELECTION

NDP line up their candidates for Central Okanagan ridings
Alistair Waters
ASSISTANT EDITOR

Long-time
Lake
Country resident Mike
Nuyens will carry the
NDP banner in Kelowna-Lake Country in the
upcoming provincial election.
Nuyens,
a
machine operator for a
road maintenance company and elected official with the B.C. Government and Service Employees’ Union, won the
party’s nomination Tuesday night, defeating UBC
Okanagan student Tom
Macauley.
Nuyens will challenge
incumbent Liberal MLA
and B.C Minister of Agriculture Norm Letnick in
the May 14 election.
“I’m excited to bring
positive change to the
people of British Columbia, especially in my community,” said Nuyens
following his nomination victory. “Together with (party leader) Adrian (Dix) and the B.C.
NDP, we are taking practical steps to bring change
for the better to Kelowna-Lake Country.”
Nuyens, 52, has lived
his entire life in Lake

Country and feels his connection in the community will help in the election
race. He said he decided to run because he feels
the public is looking for a
change in the riding.
“Working families are
looking at the problem of
how are they going to provide for their families and
as a result are looking at
policies of the government,” he said.
Nuyens has started, owned and operated
two excavation and gravel businesses in the Okanagan in the past, and has
been involved in the union
movement in several capacities. He is married and
has two sons.
Dix, who was in Kelowna on Wednesday and
showed off five of the
six Okanagan candidates
who will run for the NDP,
said he was happy to see
a candidate named in Kelowna-Lake Country.
Nuyens is the last
NDP candidate to be
named here. Carole Gordon was nominated a year
ago in Westside-Kelowna and Dayleen Van Ryswyk has been acclaimed
the NDP’s Kelonwa-Mission candidate.
“I am really looking

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NDP LEADER Adrian Dix (left) talks to the media Wednesday in Kelowna as local
NDP candidates (from left) Mark Olsen (Vernon-Monashee) Mike Nuyens
(Kelowna-Lake Country), Dayleen Van Ryswyk (Kelowna-Mission) and
Carole Gordon (Westside-Kelowna) look on.
forward to working with
all these candidates,” said
Dix during his stop in Kelowna, where he reiterated his belief that the NDP
have a good chance of
winning seats in the Okanagan.
Currently, all six Okanagan seats are held by
MLAs originally voted in
as Liberals. In Vernon and
Penticton, the Liberal incumbents are not running
again and in the Boundary-Similkameen
rid-

ing John Slater, who won
the riding for the Liberals
in 2009, quit the party after it refused to back him
for re-election. He has
since said he will not run
in May.
On Tuesday, in his acceptance speech Nuyens,
who grew up on an orchard and whose family
is in the agriculture business, immediately took
direct aim at Letnick, saying support for farmers
and orchardists will be

a key theme in his campaign.
“We need to work
with our farming industry.
We need to do more than
just expand the tree fruit
replant program,” said
Nuyens.
“What’s a replant program, Mr. Letnick, if the
trees are not available to
do a proper replant? We
need to look at subsidizing our farmers so that
they can compete against
the influx and flooding of

our markets from other
countries.”
He also questioned
Letnick’s commitment to
agriculture, saying the incumbent Liberal MLA
spends more time talking
about health care than the
needs of farmers and orchardists.
In recent months, Letnick has held a series of
public meetings about
health care related issues.
Prior to being named agriculture minister last year,
Letnick headed a government committee charged
with trying to figure out
ways to improve the B.C.
health care system.
But Nuyens also
talked about health care
in his acceptance speech,
saying B.C. needs a new
Pharmacare plan that goes
beyond what he called the
“obvious benefits of lower
drug costs through group
purchasing and generic drugs” to one that ensures seniors get the right
kind of care at the right
time—from home care
and home support, to independent living, assisted
living, residential care and
finally hospice and palliative care.
Another theme for the
newly minted NDP can-

didate will be support for
small business. Nuyens
called for more help for
established businesses in
the areas of skilled workers and technology implementation.
With the riding being
home to UBC Okanagan,
Nuyens also touched on
the need for more support for students, saying improvements in
post-secondary education
funding are needed.
“Since the Liberals
took power in 2001, tuition fees have more than
doubled,” he said.
“Non-repayable
grants for students have
been eliminated and students are graduating on
average $27,000 in debt.”
That also rang a chord
for
Westside-Kelowna NDP candidate Carole Gordon, who said
the issue of students getting to and from UBCO
from Westside is one she
hears often on the doorstep from residents.
She said she believes
the carbon tax should be
used for “its intended purpose” and help fund green
initiatives such as transit
in this area.
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The Manteo Beach
Resort on Lakeshore
Road says it wants to expand—in a big way.
Plans for an ambitious
redevelopment of its existing site over the next 10
to 15 years could see two

highrises and as many as
18 townhouses built there
in three phases.
While the townhouses
are proposed to be built in
the next year or two and
would be part of the existing resort, the first of the
highrises—a 12-storey,
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77-unit apartment/hotel
would be added in phase
three of the project five
years later.
The plan, while still in
the early stages of wending its way through the
bureaucratic process at
City Hall, received an initial nod of support from
Kelowna council earlier
this week when it agreed
to send the plan to a public hearing.
The project will actually be the subject of
two public meetings in
March, one to be held by
the company on March 4
and the other, the official
public hearing by the city,
on March 12.
The project needs an
amendment to the official
community plan which
only allows buildings six
stories in height in that

area of the city.
Coun. Robert Hobson said while he expects
the proposal will be seen
by some as controversial,
he likes it because it will
benefit the city by adding more access to the
lakeshore and more open
public space in return for
higher density.
He said he remembers
when the existing Manteo
Resort opened and it was
controversial because of
the bright colours of the
buildings.
Coun. Luke Stack
called the project “exciting” noting, like Waterfront Park which was added to the city as part of
the agreement to allow
the tower at the Grand
Okanagan Resort downtown to be built, this project is also adding public
space in return for higher
density.
Part of the plan calls

for a public access boardwalk along the lakeshore
in front of the Manteo,
something that does not
currently exist.
It would allow public access, along the lakeshore from the mouth of
Mission Creek to Rotary
Beach Park.
In addition to the taller buildings and the additional townhouse units,
the plan also calls for
775-square metres of
commercial space along
Lakeshore Road and a
small expansion to the existing convention facilities
contained in the existing
resort.
The two towers would
be built in the middle of
the site to cut down on
shadows and maintain
views for the site’s neighbours, said city planner
Danielle Noble in presenting the plan to council.

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Ethel Street,will be closed
to through traffic until the
end of July, says the city.
The road closure will
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The replacements include both water and
wastewater
systems
and,part of the work will
include improvements to
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the curbs and gutters and
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And while it would
be “patently obvious” to
most people that Weir
could have been hurt
when he was lit on fire,
Wallace said she is satisfied that Sweet-Grant
“didn’t have any intent to
burn the skin of Mr. Weir.”
She also found that the
remorse he’s demonstrated since the incident was
genuine.
Still, the fire starting
was deemed a “very serious” offence by Wallace,
who said the courts must
denounce such behaviour
in a “strong way.”
Aggravating factors
she considered during
sentencing were the serious injuries the victim
was sustained, as well as
the fact the act was unprovoked and the victim was
defenceless.
Mitigating factors are
the 20-year-old’s young
age, his early guilty plea
and a childhood marred
by “excruciating poverty”
and an abusive, drug addicted mother.
However, he does not
blame his upbringing for
his actions and took responsibility for them, an
act Wallace found “quite
exceptional.”
Crown had asked for

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A young man who
set his friend on fire as a
prank will have to speak
to high school students
about the follies of his actions once out of jail in the
hopes of deterring other
young people from doing
what they see glorified on
television and the Internet.
Judge Anne Wallace,
in sentencing Mathew
Sweet-Grant Tuesday for
setting his friend ablaze,
said she found it difficult
to “fathom why anyone
would do this to anyone.”
“To us as adults, it is
completely incomprehensible that people would
think this way.”
However, the court
heard that Sweet-Grant
and his friends had lit each
other on fire over the years
because they thought it
was “cool” and it made
them laugh.
No one was hurt in the
past, but on Dec. 8, 2012,
Tyler Weir, 18, suffered
second and third degree
burns to 90 per cent of his
back after Sweet-Grant,
who was intoxicated, lit
Weir on fire as he lay on
the floor, likely passed
out.

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a six to eight year jail sentence, which Wallace
found didn’t fit with the
case law she must rely on
to ensure offenders are
sentenced similarly for
like crimes.
She also disagreed
with the defence’s request
for three to six months
jail, saying it does not “reflect the seriousness of the
offence” and doesn’t send
a “strong enough message” to others who might
participate in similar fire
starting activities.
Instead, she sentenced
Sweet-Grant to 18 months
jail, less the 80 days he
has already served in custody.
Sweet-Grant was also
given two years of proba-

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20 hours of community
work service, which are to
be spent speaking to high
school students about the
dangers of fire starting
pranks.
He must attend any
programs or counselling
deemed necessary and
can participate in a victim-offender reconciliation if the victim wishes.
If Weir does not want
to participate, SweetGrant must write a letter
of apology. Otherwise, he
may have no contact with
the victim or another man
accused in the crime. He
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While she writes in
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German and Spanish.
Her writing has been
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won national and international acclaim.
Brossard will visit the UBC Okanagan
campus on Tuesday,
March 12. She will host
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Arts Building, ART 218,
1147 Research Rd.
This event takes place
from 12:30 to 2 p.m.
Later that evening, she
will hold an English-language reading at the
downtown Kelowna library branch, 1380 Ellis
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The Crown argued
that the public views them
as “scary individuals capable of doing horrible
things,” noted Justice Allan Betton, as he questioned lawyers extensively about the Hells Angels
and the role Skreptak’s
membership should play
in sentencing.
It’s a view the defence
argues the justice should
not agree with.
“You can’t tarnish
anyone in an organization
based on conceptions of
the public that may or not
be true,” said Jackson.
“Just because he’s
a Hells Angel, doesn’t
make him…a criminal.”
Jackson also argued
that the courts have determined in two trials that
the club is not a criminal
organization.
Skreptak pleaded
guilty to aggravated assault in December.
Crown is asking for
a jail sentence of three
years, while defence
asked for a “high provincial sentence.”
Provincial jail time
maxes out at two years
less a day.
Defence also asked
for enhanced credit for the
111 days Skreptak spent
in jail and credit for the
21 months he spent under house arrest at his
lake front property, saying
that one would be “hard
pressed” to find more
strict bail conditions in all
of Canada.
Crown is opposed to
credit for house arrest and
extra credit for time spent
in jail.
Sentencing arguments
are expected to continue
in April.

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make buying decisions.
They should also remember
that a strong local economy is
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ways to the community.
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Anti-bullying message a rallying commitment by students

Y

esterday was anti-bullying day
across Canada, a day when
everyone is encouraged to
wear a pink T-shirt as a statement for
kindness and acceptance, rather than
violence and abuse.
As a parent of two youngsters,
ages 6 and 4, I have wondered about
the realities of dealing with bullying
in their school years growing up, remembering what that experience was
like for me and how that has evolved
in the generations since the 1970s.
Already my wife and I have had
to deal with bullying situations, something I wouldn’t have thought of for
kids under the age of 4, but there it is.
And just in case I thought that
wasn’t possible, the toddler in ques-

tion even took a verbal
run at me.
Students at First
Lutheran Christian
School recognized
Pink Shirt Day by
waving signs at passing commuters on
Lakeshore Road with
positive reminders
such as “smile,” and
“be a friend.”
When asked what anti-bullying
means to her, Grade 2 student Amaya
Dobinson replied: “It means accepting people for who they are. We don’t
have to be friends with everybody,
but we need to respect people for who
they are.”

If more adults
would think that way,
perhaps our kids might
be better off.
Pink Shirt Day
began after an incident at a Nova Scotia
Barry high school in 2007. A
Gerding Grade 9 boy was mercilessly teased because
he wore a pink polo
shirt on the first day of school.
In response, two students bought
as many pink shirts as they could find
at a thrift store and rallied other students to wear them the next day, in
support of their harassed peer.
Unfortunately, not everyone rallies to the defence of a classmate who

EDITOR’S
NOTE

is being bullied or harassed.
From my own experience, the difficult years were in Grades 8 to 10,
which back then was my junior secondary school era.
I can remember being terrified
heading off to school with my other
friends on our bikes that first day of
Grade 8, heading to an overcrowded
school where bomb scares and evacuations were a weekly occurrence.
The Grade 10s were like adults
to me at that stage, skipping class
and smoking just beyond the school
grounds but within easy visibility of
the classroom windows.
I never used to go to the bathroom
during class breaks because I was
afraid I would get mugged inside by

the smokers. There were areas of the
school outside that we didn’t venture
to, my friend and I, because we might
get beaten up.
A wooden pathway bridge
crossed the ditch that separated our
school grounds from a neighbouring
parking lot, and you didn’t cross unless the coast was clear. Otherwise,
students would shake it violently until
you fell off your bike trying to cross it.
For my kids, I hope they’re able to
deal with what lies ahead, that the anti-bullying message resonates with
all those kids who were wearing pink
shirts yesterday.
Because together, they truly can
make a difference for one another.
bgerding@kelownacapnews.com

of those who keep dangerous/aggressive dogs/
breeds, as it should.
After the attack on my
son, I leaned into becoming an advocate for those
in similar situations, and I
learned a lot, very quickly.
I became far more aware
of how often people are
irresponsible with their
dogs and how all too often
they expect that to be OK.
Examples such as
leaving dogs tied up outside businesses while
owners rush inside, leaving dogs tied unattended to trees in public parks,
dogs off leash in areas
not deemed off leash,
dogs loose in the back of
pick ups and dogs escaping their yards are just a
few example of behaviour
less than responsible in regards to dog ownership.
All of these are problematic and complaints
the RDCO dog control
function would likely respond too. And when they
do, sadly too often, they
have to deal with confrontational owners, ones likely about to be ticketed.
Bylaws are in place,
and should be enforced,
even at the expense of
some delicate feelings.
The surest way to
avoid having to have a
chat with RDCO dog control function is to simply comply with bylaws,
most of us do, and will
never have any issue with
the RDCO dog control
function.
What I also saw after the attack on my son,
was the level of empathy,
compassion and professionalism showed by the
officer who attended our
case. Alan Duncan was
nothing short of a pillar of
what I would hope someone in his difficult position should be, and that is
fair to all parties involved.
All too often, com-

plaints or issues that involve less than safe dogs
become a cyclone of emotions, it’s amazingly difficult for those owners to
see past the big cute eyes
and see that perhaps they
have a serious risk on their
hands. It’s easy to blame
everyone else, but it’s
your dog, your responsibility, your liability.
Is the system perfect?
No it isn’t.
Does the system need
to be fine tuned?
Yes.
But not towards
the side of owners who
choose to be less than responsible. Those involved
in this issue know the
consultant suggested a
‘three strikes and you’re
out’ policy for aggressive
dogs. If that was the case,
would my son have been
number two?
Who would put their
hand up to volunteer their
child to be number three?
The officers of the
RDCO dog control function suffer malicious attacks on their character, I can’t allow that to
continue without saying this—if not for Alan
Duncan, I don’t know
how much longer our
healing would have taken,
likely, much longer.
I also need to express
this to dog owners who
choose to shirk the system: That is your choice,
but when the hammer
falls, it’s also yours to deal
with. But please, take a
moment to think of who
or what you could be leaving in the wake of that decision.
Dogs are a great part
of our society, they do so
much good for so many,
when they are cared for
and housed responsibly
and not at the expense of
anyone.
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Kelowna

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I was never notified of this
by RDCO nor have I received any.
I have always stated that I am not perfect
and neither was Diesel,
but have maintained that
Diesel did not do what
he was accused of. I feel I
have been victimized by a
few neighbours, and now
by RDCO.
I ask you: Who is callous? Who has the ego?
Who is irresponsible?
I have had a number of
dogs over the years without any problems. Diesel
is a victim, as was Shadow. The consultant who
investigated the RDCO
animal control was quite
critical of many facets of
their operation, including that they had no policy
and procedures, no formalized training program
among others. He also
noted that they had little
to no respect from most of
the community.
Diesel has been assessed by a provincial
expert who stated that
Diesel would not attack,
but would not shy away
from one either. This was
testified to in court as was
testimony that Diesel was
attacked first. Diesel was
assessed by a recognized
provincial expert.
Diesel has been called
the $100,000 dog. The
RDCO has only themselves to blame for this
cost. They could have
simply written a ticket and
avoided not only the taxpayer cost, but my costs.
If this is an example
of how the RDCO animal control treats animals and their owners, I
think that each and every
animal owner should be
very afraid. There are
many more facts but only
so much space. I hope this
gives you a more realistic
grasp of the situation and
the RDCO actions and attitudes.
Dave Smith,
Kelowna

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to the editor:
Since Canada Revenue Agency is no longer
sending out tax forms and
want you to file on line, I
have a suggestion.

To the editor:
The following are
some facts the Regional
District of Central Okanagan does not seem
to want the public to be
aware of.
The RDCO dog control’s own documentation
shows they failed to open
a file, much less investigate several incidents.
They were aware since
2008 that I was involved
in a neighbourhood dispute. One complainant’s
statement mentioned her
knocking on doors to get
some action against (my
dog) Diesel (me).
Diesel was seized over
two years after her accusation.
The RDCO wrote
numerous tickets which
I contested in court. The
RDCO did not win any
of them. The RDCO,
through their lawyer, opposed any bail for Diesel.
The RDCO also opposed
any increase in visitation.
I got a total of one-half
hour once per week.
The RDCO did make
an offer to release Diesel
to me, after he had been
caged for one year, and
only after I filed job complaints. The RDCO was
totally intransigent and
would not negotiate. The
RDCO never responded
to my counteroffer.
The latest RDCO offer was, in their words,
non-negotiable. That is
not an offer, this is dictating. It was stipulated
in provincial court that
no matter where Diesel
was taken, other than
this two-block area, there
was never a problem and
Diesel could and did interact with other dogs without attacking them. The
provincial judge also
stated that the failure of
RDCO to explore all the
options for settlement was
in itself a reason to return
Diesel to me.
There were evidently
been tons of Xmas cards,
(and gifts) sent for Diesel.

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To the editor:
I feel compelled to
step up and lend a voice
in regards to the Regional District of Central Okanagan dog control function and how it can and
did work when my family
was faced with an issue
that involved a dangerous
dog.
My voice will hopefully shed some light
on the side that is all too
often disregarded in this
highly charged, emotional debate, and that
is the voice of the victims of dangerous/aggressive dogs/breeds and
those who own them and
choose to advocate for
them.
In August 2011, my
son was attacked by a pit
bull, one that had been
deemed aggressive by the
RDCO dog control function because of it’s previous actions. When the
RDCO chooses to deem a
dog less than safe to be in
the community, but allows
the owners to continue to
keep the dog, the responsibility the owner has to do
all they can to protect the
public must not be taken
lightly, all things possible must be done by the
owner to maintain public
safety, leaving a child like
mine in the wake of anything less than that is socially irresponsible.
It is no one’s responsibility but the owner to ensure fences are built, dogs
can’t escape, muzzles
are worn and short leashes used. To demand the
RDCO dog control officers use their time to do
follow ups on this type
of owner, is like demanding the RCMP make sure
those cited with reckless driving attend courses teaching them to drive
with more caution.
The
responsibility falls hard on owners

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Okanagan Mountain Park
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itself as the anniversary
approaches this summer.
The
fire,
which
claimed 238 houses in the
Mission area of the city,
as well as several of the
famed and historic wood-

en Kettle Valley Railway
trestles in Myra Canyon
and thousands of hectares
of forest land, broke out in
August 2003.
No lives were lost to
the fire but the amount of
property damage was immense. With more than
30,000 people evacuated,
it was, at the time, the largest urban evacuation ever
in Canada.
Mayor Walter Gray,
who was mayor at the
time of the fire, said the

city has been asked by
some in the community
if any sort of anniversary
event is planned.
While he said he
would like to gather feedback from the community before any decision is
made, Coun. Maxine DeHart said she has already
heard from some people
about it.
She said after he was
asked what plans the city
had, if any, she thought
about it and felt the city

should do something.
But then she was talking to friends who lost
their home to the fire and
they expressed mixed
feelings.
Their house was one
of the first to burn, said
DeHart, and they told her
they have moved on and
would rather just forget
about it.
Coun. Gerry Zimmermann, who was the city’s
fire chief at the time and
who played a pivotal role

in helping save hundreds
more homes that were in
the fire’s path, said yesterday he feels the anniversary should be marked by
council but in a quiet way.
Gray said no decision
has been made about the
city acknowledging the
10th anniversary but he
expected the media will
write about it.
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hear more from the community to help guide
council’s decision.

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New W.K.
municipal
headquarters
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discussion
Appetite from A1
In 2009, construction was completed on
the Boucherie Centre Municipal Hall. Last year, a
study determined the facility was at capacity and
council was forced to convert the existing community portable into office
space.
Coun. Rick de Jong
said he was excited to
get the ball rolling on the
long-term project.
“Last year, we struggled as a local government: Do we put more
money into this facility?
Do we start thinking of
planning for the future?
Do we start to build a vision?” said de Jong.
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moving forward, dare to
dream, dare to build a vision.
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a long process, we need
to make sure we are engaging the community
and our business partners
and thinking outside the
box.”
Mayor Doug Findlater
said the document should
promote a lot of discussion within the community.
“I think it will give us
a sense of direction…it
may even generate some
opportunities by putting it
out there,” said Findlater.
Council unanimously directed staff to proceed
with the market sounding
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Carla O’Brien
United Way, said this region felt the drop-off in
contributions that many
other United Way regions
across B.C. felt this past
year as well.
“I think the length of
the recession, dating back
to 2008, showed signs of
beginning to catch up with
us this past year,” O’Brien
said.
“The impact of that
wasn’t immediate back
then but I think we’re
starting to feel the impact

downturned local economy.
“We raised $1.2 million but as a comparison,
Kamloops raised over $2
million,” Conway said.
“I think people in our
community pulled together and did very well this
past year, but I think there
is a capacity there to do
better.”
She said corporate
support is very strong in
Kamloops and the large
senior population in Kelowna can also be a limiting fundraising factor.
Seniors have been
philanthropic throughout
their working lives, said
Conway, so when they retire on limited incomes it
becomes harder for them
to donate to the same extent.
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Okanagan Similkameen
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the campaign raised
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up
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short of the goal set last
September of $1.45 million.
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as it is beginning to figure
in more on people’s behaviour in terms of donating their time and money
to causes.”
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need for support from the
26 partner agencies of the
local United Way become
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needed now more than
ever,” she admitted.
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and still feels confident
the capacity to continue
to expand the campaign
exists in the Okanagan.
Kathy Conway, chair
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years, echoed O’Brien’s
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So I’m not typically big on
smaller holidays, but when St. Patrick’s day comes around I always
seem to have plans of some sort.
And what a better year for 2013’s
colour to be emerald green! Think
Wizard of Oz, or Angelina’s diamonds at the Oscars a few years
back. It’s the perfect punch of colour for any outing.
It’s one of those colours to
have as just a feature. For instance,
I wear my emerald jeans with a
white blouse and a pair of leopard flats. Whether spring or summer this colour is appropriate. The
only rule that I like to follow is to
make sure to pair it with a neutral
or black coloured

shoe or bag; treating it like your
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bright pink or red lip.
Speaking of red! Remember
that it is not Christmas; there are
no carols playing on the radio anymore, Santa has no longer set up
shop on the mall to take pictures
with all of us and our neighbourhoods are swept clean of strings of
pretty lights, so avoid wearing any
red article of clothing with emerald. It’s just bad style, take my
word for it.
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CAPITAL NEWS

SPORTS

Trio of 20s key to Rockets’ success
Warren Henderson
STAFF REPORTER

Not bad for a trio of
cast-offs.
In their last seasons
of major junior hockey, 20-year-old forwards
Dylen McKinlay, JT Barnett and Cody Fowlie are
all making the most of
their opportunities with
the WHL’s Kelowna
Rockets.
“They’ve all been
great,” Rockets assistant
GM Lorne Frey said of
the team’s over-age threesome. “They’ve worked
hard, they’ve gotten along
great with their teammates…it’s really unbelievable how well it’s
worked out with all three.
“They’ve been huge to
our success, they’ve added stability and experience and they’ve brought
depth to our team,” Frey
added. “They were hungry and wanted to prove
something. They’ve done
that.”
Caught in the over-age
numbers game in Kootenay, the Rockets acquired McKinley prior to
the regular season for a
fifth-round bantam draft
pick. The 5-foot-11 forward from Langley has
responded with 21 goals
and 59 points in 63 games

Dylen McKinlay

JT Barnett

and leads the Rockets
with a +48 rating.
Barnett, who had been
cut loose by the Everett Silvertips, signed as a
free agent with the Rockets the same day as McKinlay. Since recovering
from an early knee injury,
Barnett, a Scottsdale, Arizona native, has registered
13 goals and 26 points in
40 games.
A few weeks later,
when the Silvertips released Fowlie, the Rockets were quick to grab the
Airdrie, Alta., native off
the waiver wire. Fowlie
has since piled up 17
goals and 36 points in 50
games.
Initially, it didn’t look
as though there would be
room for all three over-agers on the Rockets roster,
but when fellow 20-yearold Mitchell Chapman
was forced to call it quits

due to injury, McKinlay,
Barnett and Fowlie were
all here to stay.
Thanks in large part to
the team’s surprising success on the ice, McKinlay
couldn’t have asked for a
much better scenario for
his last WHL season.
“I kind of knew I’d
be moving (from Kootenay) and this is the
place I wanted to come,”
said McKinlay, who
has played in 311 career
WHL games. “It’s been
refreshing for me and a
really enjoyable year. I’m
close friends with JT and
Cody and it’s good to see
them having success, too.
It was a second chance for
all of us, and we’re all doing well. Obvioulsy, it’s
great to see the team having success, too.”
For Fowlie’s part, the
6-foot, 200-pound forward has never enjoyed

the game more or been
part of a more unified or
committed group of players.
“Everyone here wants
to win and they want to
be part of something special,” said Fowlie. “We
just want to keep the culture here, and three of us
just try and reinforce that.
We try to go out and work
hard every day, show
the younger guys what it
takes to be successful. I
know we all really appreciate being here.”
Barnett considers himself “blessed” to have
landed in Kelowna and,
like his best pals McKinlay and Fowlie, has no
intention of wasting the
opportunity.
“All three of us didn’t
want to come in and just
play out our 20-year-old
year, we wanted to make
it mean something,” Barnett said. “We all want
to continue with our careers after this, so when
we come to the rink we
don’t come here to mess
around, we come to work.
All three of us want to
win and have fun, too, so
that’s what we try to do.
It’s been a great team to be
around.”
Rockets head coach
Ryan Huska said the veteran trio has been vital to

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CODY FOWLIE is one of three 20-year-old forwards the Kelowna Rockets acquired
this season.
the team’s prosperity on
and off the ice.
“They all bring something a little differently individually, and they
are three guys who have
helped us in all aspects—
power play, penalty killing and five-on-five,”
Huska said. “But I think

more than anything, they
are three great, young
men. That’s been huge
for us to have our three
20-year-olds be such a
positive example and influence.”

ROCKET SHOTS…The
Rockets (44-15-3-1)

play host to the Seattle
Thunderbirds on Thursday night. The Lethbridge
Hurricanes visit Prospera
Place on Saturday night.
Face off both nights is
7:05 p.m…Kelowna will
visit the Kamloops Blazers on Sunday.

Warriors face Merritt in showdown for 2nd spot in BCHL
A second-place finish in the Interior Division
and home-ice advantage in the first round of the
BCHL playoffs will both be on the line when the
West Kelowna Warriors and Merritt Centennials
meet this weekend for a home-and-home set.
The teams will face off Friday night at
LePage, before heading to Merritt for a rematch
on Saturday night.
The Centennials (31-15-2-3) lead the Warriors (26-13-3-9) by three points for second
place.
Both teams have five games remaining in the
regular season.
The Warriors are a perfect 5-0 against the
Centennials this season, but all have been decided by one goal, including two of those in overtime.
“Playing against Merritt is obviously a big

deal and so far we have done well with Merritt,”
said West Kelowna Warriors forward Devon
Hascarl. “When you go into Merritt it’s a small

arena and you have to be ready for a battle.
Every win we get towards them is a big win for
our team.”
It was Hascarl who scored the game winner
for the Warriors in a 2-1 win over Vernon Tuesday night at LePage.
Goaltender Steven Myland was solid in the
West Kelowna net making 34 saves for his third
in in the last four games,
Shawn Hochhuasen scored the other marker
for the Warriors who won for the seventh time in
nine games.
Friday night’s game at LePage is West Kelowna’s final home date of the regular season.
Following this weekend’s series with Merritt,
the Warriors will wrap up the regular season with
three games on the road next weekend in Victoria, Cowichan and Nanaimo.

CHIEFS ON ROAD SATURDAY…

The Kelowna Chiefs will be in Summerland
Saturday night for Game 6 of their KIJHL firstround playoff series against the Steam.
The clubs played Game 5 on Wednesday
night at Rutland Arena, but a final score wasn’t
available at press timer.
After losing the first two games in the bestof-seven at home, the Chiefs rebounded with
back-to-back wins in Summerland. On Tuesday,
Kelowna evened the series with a 4-1 win.
Marshall Sidwell had a goal and an assist
while Kenny Fitzgerald stopped 37 shots in the
Chiefs net.
A seventh game, if necessary, will be played
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SPORTS

Immaculata girls take valley title

The host and topranked Immaculata Mustangs posted a 3-0 record
last weekend en route to
capturing the Okanagan
Valley A girls basketball
title for 2013.
In the final, the Mustangs downed the No. 2
seeded team from Princeton 72-48.
Jaedyn Penkala led the
winners with 23 points,
while Siobhan Fitzpatrick
added 13.
The Mustangs opened
the weekend with a 10112 victory over A.L.
Fortune, then defeated
Keremeos 72-35.
Olivia Johnson of the
Mustangs was named the
tournament’s MVP.

Coach Dino Gini prepared the team for the
valleys and left assistant coaches Brian Grant,
Leah Kouwenhoven and
former Mustang player
assistant coach Katie Van
de Sype (Woodman) to
guide the ship.
“This has been a fun
ride thus far, this is one of
the deepest teams I have
had at the senior girls
level,” said Gini. “We are
12 deep, we go 10 deep
most games, we have
a talented young group
of grade 10’s that have
stepped up and have improved a ton, we have six
Grade 12s that have set a
goal to bring the blue banner home and are just fan-

tastic leaders.”
Immaculata will represent the Okanagan next
week at the B.C. A girls
basketball championship
in Prince George.

MUSTANGS BOYS

The Immaculata Mustangs took second place
at the Okanagan Valley A
boys’ basketball tournament in Keremeos.
In the final, the Mustangs battled hard before losing 73-60 to No. 1
ranked Keremeos.
Alex Hart, who was
forced to sit out the third
quarter due to foul trouble,
led Immaculata with 37
points, while Chris Maccdonell had 11.

In the opener, Hart had
an eye-popping 71 points
in a 131-20 win over
Eagle River.
In their second game,
the Mustangs defeated St.
Ann’s 82-73.
“It was a great weekend,” said Mustangs
coach Dino Gini. “I am
very proud of the boys
we battled through some
tough situations, but we
played our hearts out and
over all we played solid
basketball. I am hoping
we are peaking at the right
time.”
The Mustangs will
be the fifth seed at next
week’s provincial A boys
championship at University of Fraser Valley.

KC Knights win valley
crown first time at AA level
The transition to the
AA level in senior boys
basketball has been a
pretty smooth one so far
for the Kelowna Christian
Knights.
KCS captured the
Okanagan Valley AA title
on its first try last weekend in Kelowna, defeating
South Okanagan Secondary 96-82 in the final.
Drew Schulz scored
25 points and added six
rebounds in the win, while

Ryan Linttell added 18
points.
The Knights opened
the tournament with a
106-57 victory over Valleyview. Linttell had 30
points and 11 rebounds.
In Game 2, KCS beat
Kamloops Westsyde 8147. Linttell and Daniel
Seinen scored 12 points
apiece.
Drew Schulz was
named the tournament’s
most valuable player.

Linttell and Jordan Hass
were each named first
team all-stars.
The Knights had won
the Okanagan Valley A
boys title four of the last
five years before shifting
to the AA designation for
the first time this year.
KCS will be in Kamloops next week for the
B.C. boys AA basketball
championship.

Midget Rockets in Kamloops
The Kelowna Fripp
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will be in Kamloops Saturday night for Game 2 of
the Okanagan Mainline
midget tier 1 championship.

The Rockets opened
the best-of-three finale
last weekend with a 3-1
win. Eric Noh scored
twice and Ryan Lawson
added a goal and an assist
in the victory.

Sam Bobyn earned the
win in net.
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feated KLO 89-50 in the
valley final Saturday in
Kamloops. Matt Lafontaine had a triple double
with 13 points, 11 assists,
and 11 rebounds.
In the first round, the
Falcons downed Salmon
Arm 100-32 as Johnathan
Landie scored 14 points.
In the semi-final game
Knox defeated South
Kamloops 78-32 with
Nav Sandhu leading the
way with 15 points.
Knox’s Matthew Lafontaine was selected tournament MVP,
while Parker Simson was
named to the valley allstar team.
Other local players
named to the all-star team
were: Peter Warsnawksi
(KLO), Eric Wright (Rutland), and Logan Jacob
(Glenrosa).
Dr. Knox will travel to
Kitsilano for provincials
March 7 to 9.
A second Okanagan
berth to provincials was
on the line Tuesday night
as KLO took on South
Kamloops.

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The Immaculata Mustangs, Dr. Knox Falcons
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be at the Olympic Oval in
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basketball championship.
The Mustangs head in
as the No. 1 seed from the
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Okanagan after winning
their second straight valley title last weekend.
In the final, the Mustangs defeated Knox 4944. Amanda Grant led the
Mustangs with 19 points
and 10 rebounds, while
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Immaculata opened
sthe tournament with a
t60-45 win over KLO as
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Adowned Kamloops Valtleyview 59-18, with
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lwon game MVP honours.
“These girls are our
leaders and played outstanding all weekend
long,” said Mustangs
coach Patrick Oliveira.

The Rockets capped off an undefeated OMAHA post-season with a home-and-home final series win over
Lillooet. Kelowna will represent the valley at the B.C. tier 4 championship March 17 to 21 in Lilliooet.

The KSS Owls have
booked a spot in the B.C.
AAA girls high school
basketball championship
next week in Langley.
In a special wild card
game for one qualifying berth Tuesday night
in Merritt, the Owls defeated Gleneagle Secondary 65-38. Cassidy Kapaiwai led the way with 21
points and 11 rebounds,
while Kiana Lalonde added 20 points.
KSS will meet W.J.
Mouat in the opening
round of provincials on
March 6.
Meanwhile, the Owls
settled for second best last
weekend at the Okanagan

JUNIOR OWLS WIN…

The KSS Owls cap-

tured the Okanagan Valley junior girls basketball
title with a 42-38 victory
over South Kamloops in
the final. Hannah friesen
hit two free throws with
eight seconds left to seal
the win. Friesen and Briscoe scored 13 points each
in the win.
In the semis, the Owls
beat Princess Margaret
46-41.
Selma Kusturica came
off the bench late to score
six points and grab three
rebounds to help earn the
win.
Kelowna will travel to
provincials March 6 to 9
in Langley.

Injury risk from checking

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Bodychecking in Pee
Wee hockey (with players
aged 11-12) more than triples the risk of concussion
and injury, according to a
new study by researchers
at the University of Calgary.
The researchers compared rates of injury between Alberta Pee Wee
leagues, which allow bodychecking, and Quebec
leagues, which don’t. The
study followed 74 Alberta
teams (1,108 players) and
76 Quebec teams (1,046
players) for a season, recording how and when injuries occurred during a
game.
“I felt it was important
to get some facts,” says
Carolyn Emery PhD, who

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Valley senior girls AAA
basketball finals.
In the championship
game, South Kamloops
defeated the Owls 70-34.
In the bronze medal game, Salmon Arm
downed Mt. Boucherie
66-57.
Three KSS players
were named to the all-star
team—Kiana Lalonde,
Brooke Briscoe and Carl
Corrado.
Corrado was also a
scholarship award winner.
Boucherie’s Ashley
Pohl also made the all-star
team.

is a sport epidemiologist,
a physiotherapist, as well
as a coach and hockey
parent. “The two leagues
provided an excellent
opportunity to study the
public health impact of
concussion and injury associated with bodychecking, and the facts speak
for themselves.” Emery is
a professor in the University of Calgary’s Faculty
of Kinesiology and Faculty of Medicine and is
funded by Alberta Innovates - Health Solutions.
This is the first study
of its kind to use valid injury surveillance and injury assessment by team
physiotherapists and athletic therapists, along with
follow-up by sport medi-

cine physicians.
The findings showed
that Alberta Pee Wee
players suffered 209 injuries compared to only
70 for Quebec players; the
ratio was similar for other
categories such as severe
injury (73 - 20), concussion (73 - 20), and severe
concussion (14 - 4).
The research, which
was done in collaboration with researchers from
McGill University and
Laval University, will be
published in the June 9
edition of the prestigious
Journal of the American
Medical Association.
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SPORTS

Lightning results from West Kelowna weekend meet

- Thirty-three members
lof the host Liquid Lightyning Swim Club took the
npool last weekend for a
Jamboree Swim Meet at
hJohnson Bentley Memorlial Aquatic Center.
- Lightning swimmers
achieved several new
qualifying times, personsal best times, and postted first, second and thirdplace efforts.
Lightning
e Five
swimmers achieved the
eRegional Qualifying time
efor 200 meter Individual
Medley. By swimming
ounder four minutes in this
9race, the following swimmers are able to attend
future Regional Swim
Meets: Taysah Boulter
(3:49.75); Dawson Boys-

Minors checking a volatile issue
Checking from A22
or hockey is a volatile and
complex issue with strong
advocates on either side
of the debate. Last winter,
Calgary Pee Wee hockey
player Ash Kolstad was
flattened by a blow to the
head and sustained a severe concussion.
Due to post-concussion symptoms, he has
been unable to resume his
normal life and only recently returned to school.
“I feel that bodychecking
is part of the game,” says

Rosalie Kolstad, “but I’m
not sure if it needs to be
part of the game at the Pee
Wee level.”
For her part, Dr.
Emery hopes that her research will open a dialogue on whether checking should be allowed
at all levels of Pee Wee
hockey.
“The public health
impact is clear—if bodychecking were eliminated in Alberta Pee Wee, it
is estimated that out of the
8,826 players registered,
we could prevent over

1,000 game-related injuries per year and over 400
game-related concussions
per year.”
This research was

funded in part through a
grant from the Canadian
Institutes of Health Research and the Max Bell
Foundation.

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- Feb. 18 results:
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Men’s High 4 game
series went to Mike Courier – X Train Fitness with
999 followed by Shayne
Davy – Graham’s Team
987 and Matt Maday –
Youngsters 929.
High Team Single went to Lake Country Building with 833 followed by Youngsters 814
and X Train Fitness 809.
High Team 4 game
Series went to Lake
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3093 followed by Gra-

1st Annual
Ski-A-Thon
Join us while we host our 1st Annual Ski-A-Thon on March
3, 2013 at Beautiful Big White Ski Resort. We are thrilled
to announce that Big White Ski Resort’s very own Michael
J. Ballingall and Jim Lloyd will be heading out on the
slopes at 12:00 noon to enjoy Big White’s champagne
powder in a sit ski!!
Ski-A-Thon starts at 9:00 am on March 3, 2013, preregistration is required which can be done by visiting
the events section of our website - www.pimbc.ca. By
becoming a registered Ski-A-Thon participant or team
you will help raise funds for our adaptive recreational
programs such as Adaptive Skiing, Kids In Motion Family
Fun Day, Wheelchair Basketball, Power Wheelchair Soccer,
our Adaptive Recreational Equipment Loans program,
and our Adaptive Transportation program.
For additional information on all of our programs and to
register for our Ski-A-Thon please visit our events page on
our website www.pimbc.ca

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Lunch and refreshments provided.
Where
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Kelowna, B.C.
Registration Required by Mar. 14
Call 1-855-742-4923
$25
*Includes plenary sessions,
as well as separate sessions
for people with dementia,
caregivers and health-care
workers.

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▼ UBCO

Ecologist looks to connect
community, art and nature
Internationally renowned ecological artist and poet Marlene Creates will be in Kelowna throughout
March to present a series of talks
and workshops about the links between art making and the natural
world.
Creates will facilitate two
site-specific community art master
classes, a public evening talk at the
Kelowna Art Gallery, and numerous in-class lectures at UBC Okanagan—culminating in a special project for the Regional District of the
Central Okanagan on March 22.
The master classes are open to
the public, and both of them will focus on the idea of place as a site of
honour and acknowledgement.
The art created in these classes
will be a central theme at the March
22 event.
Creates has participated in more
than 300 solo and group exhibitions
across North America, Asia and Europe, and taught visual arts at the
University of Ottawa, Algonquin
College, and the Nova Scotia Col-

lege of Art & Design.
She has been a guest lecturer
at more than 150 conferences and
institutions, and her work can be
found in numerous public collections including the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography
and the National Gallery of Canada.
Creates’ artistic interests include
photography, relational aesthetics,
ecology, poetry, and place.
Since 2002, her principal artistic
venture has been to pay close attention to one particular place—the six
acres of boreal forest that she inhabits in Portugal Cove, Nfld.
Creates records the life of the relationships that can be found in dynamic interactions with the wild.
Her residency is sponsored by
UBC’s Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies.
For more information about
Woodhaven, visit www.regionaldistrict.com/services/parks-services/
regional-parks/woodhaven-nature-conservancy.

It was her first time making it to the top of the T-bar, a shining moment for any
snowboarder, particularly when he pulled out the ring…
Jennifer Smith
STAFF REPORTER

Shaylene Ouellette
will always remember
the day her fiancé, Andrew Raisanen, got down
on one knee in the snow,
a blustery wind whipping
around them, to ask her
the big question.
And should she ever
forget, there’s a video.
So well planned was
Raisanen’s proposal, he
managed to bring a group
of their friends along to
mark the occasion, and
film the shock on her
face as she turned back to
check that he was taking
pictures of the view only
to find him down on one
knee and her ring waiting.
“He told me that we
were going out with two
other couples and their
children for a ski weekend. It just seemed like
something we would do,”
said Ouellette, whose
time off falls mid-week,
bringing them to their
destination of choice on

SHAYLENE Ouellette has a memory for a lifetime, the
day her fiance Andrew Raisanen proposed to her at the
top of Big White.
Thursday, Jan. 17.
In fact, it took a good
deal of planning, a couple
of drinks over lunch for
courage, and a trip back to
their condo to make sure
the cameraman had his
good equipment in hand
when Raisanen finally
picked the spot.
“I wanted to be at the
top of the mountain with
as much background as
you could see,” he said.
“It was just the perfect

day, you could see all the
mountains, so I just wanted to be up high.”
Ouellette and Raisanen are high school
sweethearts who managed to capture the
flame a second time after a cross-country move
forced them apart.
The pair started dating while still in Grade
8, attending George Elliott Secondary School in
Lake Country.

Ouellette then left the
Okanagan Valley, moving to Lethbridge, Alta.,
and did not return for
eight years. But she kept
in touch with Raisanen after they graduated high
school and moved on to
adult life. After another
long-term relationship he
was in came to an end,
they began chatting online. “I think I did think
we would maybe get back
together one day. I don’t
know if he did, but I kept
in touch just to check in
and see how he was doing,” she said.
Virtually the day she
arrived back in town, the
pair were back together.
And five and a half
years later, they’re now
getting ready for a walk to
the alter and a life where
they’ll never be too far
apart. “I’m kind of in
shock of the whole thing,”
said Ouellette. “I just
wasn’t expecting it.”
Aside from the big
proposal, the day was also
Ouellette’s first time mak-

ing it up the T-bar lift.
As the weather changed, she felt she
wasn’t going to be able
to make the trek even one
more time. And so he
picked his moment.
The bride-to-be hasn’t
seen the video, but has
heard it’s a little tough to
hear what’s happening
with the wind sweeping
past their heads.
“You can see the
body language and that I
think speaks louder than
words,” she said. “I think
I asked him to pinch me at
one point.”
It will likely be a
couple of years before
there is an Ouellette and
Raisanen wedding. For
now, this is a big enough
step to keep the couple on
their toes. “We’ve been
together for almost six
years and I kind of just
felt it was time,” said Raisanen. “It was a really
special day for both of us.
“So I’m glad it went
well and everyone managed to keep the secret.”

’m asked almost every other day how intramuscular stimulation (IMS) differs from
acupuncture.
Both use very slim,
low profile needles and
both are used by physiotherapists as part of a
comprehensive approach
to managing pain and injury.
IMS was designed
specifically to help in the
diagnosis and treatment
of chronic pain stemming
from a neuropathic origin.
In many injuries that
persist for more than a
few weeks or months despite a lack of major tissue damage, there will be
an underlying micro-irritation of the nerve pathway supplying that tissue.
If this irritation of the
nerve or nerve root persists, the muscle and other tissues supplied by that
nerve pathway will become hypersensitive and
lead to what would normally be harmless or in-

KEEPING YOU
MOVING

Tyler
Dyck
nocent nerve signals being exaggerated and perceived as painful ones.
In response, the body
tries to protect itself—typically by over-contracting the involved muscular structures, creating socalled muscular spasms
or trigger points.
So whereas an acupuncture needle is placed
along meridians defined
according to Eastern
Medicine principles, an
IMS needle will be placed
directly in the area of
muscle contracture.
Health professionals are typically trained to
look for obvious nerve irritation using nerve conduction tests or MRI.

...because we live here.

In fact, if you have had
a long-standing chronic injury or battle with
chronic pain, you will almost certainly have some
degree of neuropathy or
micro-irritation of your
nerve roots or nerve pathways leading to shortening of the muscles that
they supply.
When those muscle
components shorten or
contract and do not relax
over long periods of time,
they produce pain by pulling on tendons and compressing the joints that
they cross.
If this goes on for long
periods of time, it will increase strain on these tendons and on wear and tear
of these joints, contributing to early degenerative
changes often diagnosed
as isolated incidences of
tendonitis, osteoarthritis,
or degenerative joint/disc
disease.
When an IMS needle is placed in the “epicenter” of irritated, taut
muscle bands, the injured
muscles will grab onto the
needle producing reflex
relaxation, a small injury
that stimulates blood flow
and healing, and an electrical potential in the muscle, which helps the nerve
to function normally once
again.
If a muscle is functioning normally, without
underlying nerve irritation, the muscle spindles
will not grab on to the
needle, meaning that IMS
can also be used to help in

the diagnosis of this form
of chronic pain, as well as
its treatment.
Sometimes needles are placed close
to the spine, were the
nerve root itself may
be hypersensitive. The
aim of IMS treatment
is to interrupt muscle
spasm that is pressing
on the nerve and break
the cycle of muscle
contraction and nerve
hypersensitization, which
together feed chronic pain.
If you have had a
chronic issue with pain or
musculoskeletal dysfunction that is never fully resolved, or returns time
and time again even with
treatment, a full assessment and screening for
signs of neuropathy and
neuromuscular dysfunction using IMS may be
warranted.
Intramuscular Stimulation needling technique
is not a panacea that can
correct all chronic pain issues, but research points
towards it being a very effective tool in the treatment of chronic or persistent pain.
Tyler Dyck is an intramuscular stimulation
practitioner, a Fellow of
the Canadian Academy
of Manual and Manipulative Therapists, and a
founding partner of Sun
City Physiotherapy. He
can be reached at Sun
City’s downtown location, 250-861-8056.

Stuart Park ice sheet
shuts down March 1

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With warmer weather on its way, it will become difficult to maintain the ice at the Stuart Park skating rink.
As a result, the city has scheduled to close the Stuart
Park ice surface by March 1.
Residents have been enjoying the rink since Dec. 2
and are encouraged to get the last few outdoor skates in
before spring weather conditions require the rink to be
closed.
Those who love skating can continue by visiting other skating facilities, including the Memorial Arena, the
Rutland Arena and the Capital News Centre during public skating times.
For skating schedules, visit kelowna.ca/recreation.

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skating rink is about to
close for the season, the
return of spring means
Kasugai Gardens will be
open again.
The Japanese garden, located off Queensway Boulevard adjacent
to City Hall, will be open
to the public daily starting

Friday until Oct. 31.
Kasugai Gardens provides a tranquil environment featuring traditional elements of a Japanese
garden. The gardens were
completed in 1987 to
symbolize the friendship
between Kelowna and
Kasugai, Japan, sister cities since 1981.

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BUSINESS

▼ OLYMPIA GREEKTAVERNA

Family celebrates business milestone in Rutland

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STRAIGHT FROM
DEHART

Maxine
DeHart

lympia Greek
Taverna and
its owners, the
Koutsantonis family, are
celebrating 40 years in
business in Rutland.
The Anast/Koutsantonis families started
Olympia Pizza in 1968
on Bernard Avenue offering great pizza and pasta.
In 1973, they realized the
need to expand to Rutland
and have been in the same
location ever since. Since
those humble beginnings,
their menu choices have
changed dramatically, but
their commitment to quality and great taste has not.
In 1996, Olympia underwent a major reno transforming the “old blue and
white” restaurant into a
Mediterranean paradise
with a major menu overhaul at the same time. Although they offer the traditional foods that helped
make them the oldest established restaurant in Kelowna, their mom Millie’s (their father Steve
is deceased) expertise in
Greek cuisine could not
be left untapped, so with
her help they offer freshly
made Greek cuisine, copiously prepared in an old
world transition. To celebrate the 40th anniversary, the restaurant will
offer “1973 menu items
at 1973 prices” from Friday, March 8, to Sunday,
March 10, starting at 4
p.m. My favourite is the
baked spaghetti, which,
incidentally I just had
this past week and it was
as delicious as ever. Call
250-765-0464.

The Pheasant and
Quail Pub on Lakeshore
Road has been sold. The
new owners are no strangers to the restaurant industry—Steve Stinson, Tanner Dillon and
Steve Carroll from The
Keg and Train Station
Pub. The name of the pub
will change to Mission
Tap House and Grill. It
is closed for major renovations to refresh and expand and will re-open in
June. The restaurant will
also be expanded into
the former beer and wine
store space, that outlet
having being relocated
elsewhere on Lakeshore
Road, helping to increase
the seating to about 200.
Tanner Dillon will be the
manager.
Rob and Gaia Mueller have brought Lindal Cedar Homes back
to the Okanagan as Lindal’s new distributors.
The rise in system-homes
like Lindal is a response
to the market’s demands
for high quality, predictable, efficient, environmental, and cost-effective housing, with Lin-

MAXINE DEHART/CONRIBUTOR

THE KOUTSANTONIS family is celebrating 40 years in business for their restaurant, Olympia Greek Taverna in

Rutland. Members of the family today are (from left) Chris, Bobbie-Jo, Millie (mother), Stavros, Jasmine, Kazi, Sia
and Mike.
dal being one of the most
trusted pre-engineered
home companies in the
world. By having a post
and beam building system with a wide variety of

existing plans, Lindal allows buyers to personalize their homes without
paying high design fees.
Lindal has recently become even more innovative by collaborating with
architects such as Mar-

mol Radziner, the Frank
Lloyd Wright School of
Architecture, and Turkel
Design to produce stunning modern plans. The
Kelowna distributorship
grand opening is 4 to 7
p.m., Thursday March 7

CONTRIBUTED

LINDAL Cedar Homes will host a grand opening for the Lindal distributorship in Kelowna, 1780 Springfield Rd.,
on Thursday, March 7. The owners are Rob and Gaia Mueller.

(drop-in), at 1780 Springfield Rd. (beside Benjamin Moore Paints). Rob
Gray, Lindal’s national
sales manager, will be on
hand to give presentations
at 5 and 6 p.m. For more
info or to register, contact
Gaia at gaia@lindalbc.
com; 250-864-7700.
Hanna’s Lounge
and Grill, located above
Rose’s Pub at the Delta Grand Hotel, has
undergone lots of changes. After an extensive
renovation, including a
new kitchen, the restaurant will re-open Friday,
March 1, from Tuesday to
Saturday, for dinner only
until mid-May, with their
hours of operation will be
extended after Mother’s
Day. Hanna’s also has a
new executive chef, Eric
Noble. He has made significant changes to the
new menu that will now
reflect on a casual atmosphere and dining ex-

perience with a focus on
“fresh, local and simple.”
Formerly with The Okanagan Golf Club, Noble
has been in Kelowna
since 2001 having graduated from the Okanagan
University College culinary program with honours in 2004. Drop in before the game or after the
theatre and check out their
new dishes. Rick Hanna
is the restaurant general
manager; Mario de Losada the manager. Call
250-860-1266.
Curtis Pannell, formerly with TAC Mobility and Tom Harrison Cellular (Banks Road and
West Kelowna), is now
with Best Buy as a mobile
products manager. Call
250-215-7676.
After many years,
there are a couple of
changes at “The Okanagan’s Very Own.” Wellknown media man Derek
Hinchliffe is the new
CHBC station manager
for Global Okanagan.
Hinchcliffe is no stranger
to the Okanagan, having
been with CHBC News
for the past 30 years, first
as a reporter and most recently as news director.
Ron Eberle, relocating
from Vancouver Island
where he was with Shaw
TV and prior to that with
the Global-owned television station in Victoria,
is the new sales manager. These changes in the
guard come as a result of
Dennis Gablehouse’s decision to retire after many
years with the station.
Chris Lewis is the
new visitor sales and services manager at Tourism
Kelowna. Lewis will lead
their team of staff and volunteers at both the Harvey Avenue and Kelowna
airport information cen-

visitor centre. Call 250861-1515.
The renovations for
tres. Formerly with UBC
Okanagan, Lewis has also the Green Room Restaurant, owned and operatworked as a travel agent
ed by Eva Simon (in the
in Lumby, which includlibrary parkade between
ed working on that comEllis and Water), are
munity’s visitors’ guide
now completed. Simon
and creating a mobile T:5.694”

has also expanded the
business to include outside catering. The Green
Room is looking forward to getting its spring
and summer patio up and
running (aren’t we all!).
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(lunch only) and Tuesday
to Saturday, from 11 a.m.
to 9 p.m. Although tucked
away, this restaurant is a
great find and perfect before a hockey game, the
theatre or when you are
downtown shopping.
What could be easier than
parking in the parkade
and walking right into the
restaurant? Call 250-8690193; www.greenroomrestaurant.com.
Chartered accountant Karen Christiansen, a partner and business advisor at Meyers
Norris Penny, located at
600-1628 Dickson Ave.,
has been honoured with a
fellowship by the Institute
of Chartered Accountants
of B.C. for her outstanding contributions to the
community and service
to the profession. Christiansen was also firstvice-president of the institute and serves on four of
its committees. Call 250979-2576.
The new 2013 board
of directors of the Kelowna Hotel Motel Association consists of Daniel Bibby, president (Delta Grand); Rosemary
Patterson, past-president (Best Western); Heather Schaub, treasurer
(Casa Loma Resort); Kelly Watt, secretary (Sandman Hotel); and directors Glen Standen, Okanagan Seasons Resort;
Don Culic, Holiday Park
Resort; Carla Carlson,
Comfort Inn; Edan Fay,
Lake Okanagan Resort,
and Ben Hechter, Super
8. While the accommodation sector continues
to endure the economic challenges of the last
few years and the increasing amount of accommodation inventory, there is
a committed and united
team building movement
for the future of the tourism and hospitality industry in Kelowna.
Connie-gay Boyce
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Group Okanagan Regional Office has changed
their territory, now going
from Kelowna to Armstrong with offices in Kelowna and Vernon. They
have a large network of financial consultants and
support staff and are looking to hire eight new consultants in 2013. Paul
Demay is the regional director, Okanagan Region.
Call 250-762-3329.
Sitting on the 2013
Okanagan Regional Library Board is Carol
Zanon, chair (councillor, West Kelowna);
Jim Edgson, vice-chair
(director, Central Okanagan Regional District);
Catherine Lord, finance
committee chair (Councillor, Vernon); Marilee
Harkness, personnel
committee chair (councillor, Princeton); Maria
Besso, policy and planning committee chair
(councillor, Coldstream).
New members joining
the ORL board are Karla
Kozakevich, (director,
Okanagan Similkameen
Regional District); Larry
Morgan, (director, Columbia Shuswap Regional District); Christopher
Derickson (councillor, Westbank First Nation) and Joseph Pierre
(councillor ,Penticton Indian Band). Kelowna city
councillor Gerry Zimmermann is the appointed member for the city.
Stephanie Hall was recently hired as the new
executive director.
Designed by Acro
Media, the Central Okanagan Economic Development Commission has a new website
to help businesses grow
and attract new businesses and investment. Check
out www.InvestKelowna.com.
Happy 50th anniversary Louis and Sibylle
Orsulic (March 2).
After a couple of years
of generous support from
Landmark Properties, the
donated warehouse space
used for collecting and
sorting close to 250,000
pairs of gently used shoes
for Sunrise Rotary’s Million Shoe Mission has
been leased out, so So-

les4Souls Canada is now
looking for another space
to assist them going forward this year. Warehouse
space is needed that’s centrally located, a minimum
of 3,000 to 4,000 squarefeet with overhead doors
for ease of loading and
unloading their multiple
large trailers. The space is
required for about 90 days
from start to finish. Call
Jim Belshaw at Roy’s
Shoes, 250-763-5696, for
more information.
During Education
Week, March 4 to 8, the
Heritage School Classroom will host an open
house, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
from March 5 to 8 at the
Central School, 1825
Richter St. For more info
call Sig at 250-762-2630.
The Kelowna Family
Centre will host a fundraiser/dance on Saturday,
March 9, at the Seniors
Activity Centre in Parkinson Recreation Centre featuring the “Return
of the Zamboni Brothers.”
Call 250-860-3181 for
tickets ($25) or www.kfscs.com.
The Okanagan Liver
Transplant Support Group
meets the first Tuesday of
the month at Perkins Restaurant in the Ramada
Hotel. If you are a post-or
pre-liver transplant patient
or a caregiver, you are invited to join them March
5, 10:30 a.m. Call John at
250-862-2049.
Birthdays of the week:
Happy 75th Jack Klassen (March 4); happy
65th Walter Kristalowich (March 3); Vern
Nielsen (Feb. 28); Gail
Winchester (Feb. 28);
Norm Lecavalier (Feb.
28); Randy Leslie
(March 6); Connie Penner (March 6); Gary
Embleton (March 6);
Faye Willms (March
2); Sandra Hofer, SunRype (March 5); Donna
Horning (March 6); Ian
Graham (March 6);
happy 40th Parkinson
Rec Centre.
Maxine DeHart is a
Kelowna city councillor
and local hotelier. Phone
her at 250-979-4546,
fax 250-860-3173, email
maxdehart@telus.net.

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NEWS

▼ HEALTH

Focus in on the lifestyle factors that help prevent cancer
W
hat percentage of cancers would you
think are preventable?
The National Cancer Institute in America
reports that up to 75 per
cent of cancers are caused
by three lifestyle factors—poor diet, lack of
exercise and smoking.
All of them can be
modified, eliminated or
controlled in order to help
prevent cancer.
Lung cancer is the
leading and most preventable cause of cancer death
in North America for both
men and women.
Tobacco use accounts
for 30 per cent of all cancer deaths and 87 per cent
of all lung cancer deaths.
And it is not dependent on the type of tobacco (cigarette, cigar or
smokeless) used.
In B.C., we are now
fortunate enough to have
a government funded program to supply smoking cessation aids free of
charge and support tobacco users through the quitting process.
To register for the program, get more information from your physician.
Other methods to aid
smoking cessation include acupuncture, laser therapy, hypnosis,

HEALTHY
LIFESTYLE

Emily
Pratt
herbal remedies and behaviour modification—all
of which are a safe and effective way to aid smoking cessation.

DIET

One of the easiest
ways to reduce your risk
of cancer is to modify
your diet.
Foods that are low in
nutrients, but high in fats
and sugars are linked to
in increase risk of many
types of cancers.
A diet high in saturated fats and sugars promotes inflammation that
can increase your risk for
cancer, as well as, feed
cancer cells.
Also, foods in our diet
that are highly chemically modified to increase
the taste, but decrease the
nutritional value, can increase your risk for cancer.
To decrease your cancer risk, consume a diet
high in fibre, rich in antioxidants and low in in-

flammatory sugars and
saturated fats.
An example and a
cancer preventing diet is
one that is high in fruits
and veggies (which provide antioxidants, cancer
fighting phytochemicals
and fibre), high in good
fats (like fish oils and vegetable oils) and moderate
intake of lean meats.

cancer, including cancer of the breast, prostate,
lung, colon and kidney.
In addition to controlling your weight, the
physical activity helps
to lower inflammatory
markers linked to cancer,
regulate insulin and sugar
levels that cancer uses to
grown and metabolize excess hormones, which are
cancer promoting.
EXERCISE
A recent study
of
the Centralaand
South showed a strong inverse
Maintaining
healthy
Okanagan
/ Similkameen
weight
might lower
the
correlation between regrisk of various types of
ular exercise and chance

of developing breast cancer risk.
What was interesting
in this study was that regardless of the exercise,
there was a decreased
risk, but the more vigorous the exercise, the
greater the benefit and the
authors concluded that
physical activity is primary prevention for breast
cancer.
For cancer prevention,
strive to get at least 150
minutes a week of aerobic activity physical ac-

tivity. As a general goal,
include at least 30 minutes of physical activity in
your daily routine—and
if you can do more, even
better, but the most benefit is achieved with smaller amounts at regular intervals over 150 minutes
once a week.
Even though there are
cancers that are not preventable, or happen without just cause, try to include some form of lifestyle modification to help
prevent your risk of a pre-

DAYS of
CARING
TimeDRIVE - Volunteer Opportunities
Many of Kelowna’s young professionals would like to give back to their community however are
not sure where to start, who to ask, or how to demonstrate their skills in support of others less
fortunate. They don’t always have disposable income to donate, but they do possess valuable skills
and energy that can be beneficial to not-for-profits in need.
TimeDRIVE is the first event of its kind in the Okanagan, offering volunteer opportunities, a silent
auction, and a social event for young professionals. Hosted by Gennext Kelowna and the OYP
Collective, in partnership with Global Citizen Kelowna, to be held Friday, March 1 at the Laurel
Packing House from 5 pm to 7 pm. Tickets are $15 at timedrivesocial.eventbrite.ca

be available for purchase in stores and/or online due to delayed shipment. Inventory is estimated to arrive
later in the flyer week. Customers may take rainchecks during the effective flyer period. We sincerely
apologize for any inconvenience thIS may have caused our valued customers.

If your non-profit organization has a project,
or your organization is interested in
volunteering for a Day of Caring, please
contact Avril Paice at 250.860.2356

more sales results
Real Estate Weekly has been the best
print ad in my Real Estate business for
the past 18 years. Things have changed
so much with the introduction of the
internet. Having my listings online is
fantastic, however if you are like me
I still enjoy sitting down after a busy
week to read the Capital News and the
Real Estate Weekly. Technology still
cannot replace the feeling of quietly
going through the newspaper for a lot of
people so I will continue to advertise in
the Real Estate Weekly. My clients are
very happy to see their home advertised
in the Real Estate Weekly. When I list
a property and clients ask where I
advertise I tell them the Real Estate
Weekly as it goes to so many homes in
the Central Okanagan. Thank you Real
Estate Weekly for 18 great years!

parents, Sarah and Derek, watch Monday morning in Rutland. Kelowna’s first significant snowfall of the
season took place Sunday night but the snow began to melt by Monday afternoon.

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SANTA CLAUS himself will be making an appearance at Quail’s Gate’s Sugar Plum

Fair in West Kelowna, Sunday, Nov. 18. The fair is in support of Ballet Kelowna, represented here by dancers Raelynn Heppell and Davin Luce.

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JACOBSEN
EXCELLENCE

It’s a craft sale, art
show, sip and savour opportunity and even a
chance to take a photo of
the kids with the big, jolly
guy in the red suit—plus
it’s a fundraiser for Ballet
Kelowna and local food
banks.
Get a jump on Christmas shopping at the annual Sugar Plum Fair at
Quails’ Gate Estate Winery on Boucherie Road
in West Kelowna Sunday,
Nov. 18, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
There will be local
artisans such as Jean-Ann
Copley with her stained
glass, Ray Jurys’ wood
work, Betty Gordon’s clay
jewelry, Vera Gibault’s
bead jewelry, Andrea McFadden’s lavender products, Annabel Stanley’s
wicker art, Giselle Gaspar’s unique jewelry and
Laurette Kropp’s skin care
products for sale.
Santa will hold court
in the historic Allison
log home on the winery
grounds, the Old Vines
Restaurant will be open
for dining, and there will
be wine sipping in the
wine
shop—including
seasonal mulled wine and
treats. Bring your non-perishable food items to donate to the food bank and
enjoy a festive afternoon
with dancers from Ballet
Kelowna and carollers to
entertain.
You can also learn
how to make Christmas
decorations, with a little
help from Santa.

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even urus
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approved’

Forty-six West Kelowna residents have told their
stories and shared their
frustrations with health
care services in West Kelowna since an initial call
for submissions was put
out last month.
But the West Kelowna Residents Association
knows there are many
more people than that who
want to see change.
Last month, the
WKRA asked residents
to help identify gaps and
problems with existing
health care services on the
Westside.
The residents association has agreed to gather
the feedback on behalf of
Joanne Konnert, the consultant hired by the District of West Kelowna to
prepare a report on the
proposed Westside health
facility.
“I think Ms. Konnert is
probably expecting a larger number,” said WKRA
director Ron Green.
“At the last public meeting we had on
the subject, we had 245
people there.”
Green said the responses so far have given

The West Kelowna teenager currently on trial for
murder will finally tell her version of the events that
left one of her peers dead, and turned a quiet Peachland
street into a chaotic crime scene.
The 18-year-old, whose name is under a publication
ban, is alleged to have stabbed Ashlee Hyatt, 16, in her
neck after an argument at a June 2, 2010, party.
It’s a story that Crown counsel Murray Kaay assembled a number of witnesses to tell from varying angles, but defence lawyer Ingrid Friesen pointed out Friday that none of those viewpoints added up to a complete picture.
“You as a jury will be the first to hear her side of the
story—she wants very much to tell it,” Friesen told a
B.C. Supreme Court jury Friday. “She’s been waiting
two years to tell it.”
The accused, who defence described as a “new girl
trying to fit in at a new school,” has seen her point of
view be absent in the last two weeks of trial, as even
RCMP officers who dealt with the investigation failed
to offer her perspective on what happened that night.
What the jury has learned from teen witnesses who
were there, however, is that the accused kissed a boy,
while her boyfriend was nearby.
This apparently upset Hyatt and the two started exchanging verbal barbs, which escalated to further pushing on the street, and eventually Hyatt was fatally
wounded.
Continuing on with the altercation, however, was
the teenage host of the party.
The defence has already suggested she was the one
who brought the knife to the fight between the accused
and Hyatt, and Friday two witnesses took the witness
stand to highlight the teenage host’s behaviour in the aftermath and leading up to the fatal altercation.
They also called upon George Young, who lives adjacent to the party house, to give testimony. Young testified he was brought into the fray when he heard a teenage boy in the street talking into his cellphone, saying,
“It’s going down, it’s going down, it’s happening now.”

ACADEMY HILL eager to
make the grade as new condo
development is geared for
investors to meet a demand
for UBCO student housing
adjacent to the Kelowna
campus.

morial in France, symbolic of the bill’s
theme of contribution and sacrifice by
Canadians in conflicts throughout history.
For the Bank of Canada, Kelowna
The memorial marks the Battle of
was right on the money when it came to
picking one of five Canadian cities to an- Vimy Ridge during the First World War,
in which Canadian troops played a signounce the introduction of the country’s
nificant role.
new polymer $20 note.
Vimy Ridge was taken by Canadian
After introducing new polymer $100
soldiers in 1917 at a cost of 3,600 lives
and $50 bills in Vancouver and Victoria
respectively last winter and in the spring, and 7,000 wounded,
Lt.-Col. Nigel Whittaker, commandthe bank chose Kelowna to unveil the
er of the Kelonwa-based B.C. Dragoons,
new version of the country’s most popuspoke at the introduclar bank note Wedtion of the $20 note
nesday.
during Wednesday’s
The announcenews conference at
ment was made
the Brig. Angle Arsimultaneously with
moury in Kelowna.
similar announceHe called the Batments in Calgary, Ottle of Vimy Ridge a
tawa, Montreal and on
pivotal moment in
Prince Edward Island,
Canadian history.
said Bank of Canada
And he said he
officials.
was pleased to see
The new $20 bill,
the sacrifice of Canthe latest to be remade
adians in uniform
using polymer, a
recognized on the
smooth, durable film,
country’s money
features the same
“It’s wonderful
high-tech security feathat men and women
tures included on the
of Canada’s mil$50 and $100 notes.
itary are being recThey include
ognized,” said Whitmetallic holographic
DOUG FARROW/CONTRIBUTOR
taker.
portraits of the Queen
SHOWCASING the new $20
“It’s fitting that
and the Peace TowCanadian bill are Lt.-Col. Nigel
they are being reer in Ottawa, a large
membered on bank
clear window, special Whittaker and Isabelle Jacques,
notes of a country
numbering and bora senior analyst with the Bank of
that strives to be a
ders, raised ink secCanada.
force for good in the
tions and a frosted
world.”
maple leaf window.
Trevor Frers, the Bank of Canada’s
All the features are visible on both
senior regional representative for currensides of the bill.
cy in B.C. and the Yukon, said the new
While the bill remains predominantpolymer bills will last more than 2 1/2
ly green in colour, it also features an uptimes longer than existing paper bills.
dated portrait of the Queen on the front.
The back, however features a picture of the Canadian National Vimy MeSee Money A7

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he day’s last light was fading and the first
flakes of snow were falling outside the
window, when a large black bear came
ambling down the slope into the flower bed.
There he began vigorously digging a hole,
tossing plants aside as he went.
A loud rap on the window sent him scurrying through the trees to the road, but the damage
had been done in the garden.
What if someone had come around the corner of the house and surprised that big animal?
Others tell of watching as a large black bear
ambled up their residential street, systematically exploring every driveway for garbage bins
left out or other treats to eat, knocking over bins
and laying down in the mess of trash in the road,
while chewing on whatever was available.
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Favourite Thing #10 – Living here takes those
to
everyday jobs off my shoulders so I have the time
continue my 30 years plus volunteering in the community.
Mary Cardiff, Missionwood Resident

Mt. Boucherie Secondary School
Community Connection
February 2013
■ GLOBAL SERVICE CLUB

Ethical threads fashion show
Model Rosalyn
Stevenson wearing
an Ethical Threads
Dreamweaver scarf,
made by students within
the Global Service Club

Model Alexis Phillipott
struts her stuff.

By Allison Brown
For the very first time, Mount Boucherie’s Global Service Club hosted the
‘Ethical Threads Night of Fashion’
February 21. Held in the school’s multipurpose room, the fashion show drew in
a large crowd, with all proceeds going
to support water systems and children’s
literacy programs in Uganda.
Gently used clothing was collected
from students and community members and served as the fashion show’s
eco-friendly product. Outfits were
chosen, coordinated and put together
by the students and modeled. Grade 11
student Alexis Philippot, who modeled
in the show, says, “Overall the experience was incredible. Everyone who
attended the event had a blast watching
the models strut their stuff and loved
the idea of used clothing.” The clothing was sold after the show along with
Dream-weaver Scarves made by MBSS
students. Grade 11 student Brookyln
Rocco who was involved in the making
of the scarves explains, “We take clean,
donated t-shirts and simply cut them up
and tie them to make a truly stunning
scarf. We also make scarves using wool;

Kassidie Cornell
posing on the
catwalk

they are a great accessory to wear
with jackets.” These homemade
scarves sold for only $20 and were a
big hit. Also being sold was jewelry
created and designed by Boojangles,
a student-run business. Part of the
Boojangles line is the very popular
‘Penny Swag’ which is jewelry made
from now defunct pennies. Original
art by students was for sale as well.
Musical performances by Jamie
Glutek, Robert, Alexi Tilly, and Ben
Klick provided a well received interlude, and had the crowd mesmerized.
A contemporary dance by Ria, a grade
10 student, was also featured.
Admittance was by donation of spare
change and alone generated $300. In
total, including clothing,
scarves, jewellery, art,
refreshment sales, and
admittance, the event
raised $1,400. Parents
and teachers deemed
the ‘Ethical Threads
Night of Fashion’
a success and students
say they can’t wait to do
it again next year.

Lisa Schnitzler performing
original covers, that had the
audience on their feet

Enjoying the
fashion selection
after seeing pieces
they loved on the
runway

Sam, Cam, and Evie

Performers Alex Tilley and
Jamie Glutek closing the show,
with a show stopping duet

MBSS Parent Ambassadors
The objective of our Parent Ambassador Program at
Mt. Boucherie is to build positive links and effective
communication between parents, students, staff and
our community. The program was initiated in September 2003, and in the years since, we have received
a tremendous amount of positive feedback about its
benefits.
Parent Ambassadors are parent volunteers who are
responsible for contacting ten or twelve other parents
in their child’s grade approximately five or six times
throughout the school year. This contact is made by
e-mail or over the phone. There are about 35 Parent Ambassadors who participate in five, one-hour
training sessions during the year, led by the school
Vice-Principal and the Parent Ambassador Coordinators. Parent Ambassadors are easily identified in the

Model Jontaya Mayer
walking the runway

community because they wear their fleece sweaters
with the MBSS logo!
In September, Parent Ambassador Coordinators obtain homeroom class lists and use these lists to create
each Parent Ambassador’s individual contact list. Most
parents, by indicating on their child’s school registration form, have agreed to the release of their contact
information to our Parent Advisory Council and the
Parent Ambassador Program.
We are always looking to have more parents become
part of the Parent Ambassador Program. If you want
a great way to be involved at Mt. Boucherie, without
embarrassing your student, and at the same time be “in
the know” about what is happening in your student’s
education, our Parent Ambassador Program is for you.
Please contact the school for more information.

having fun before

the show

Dancer Rie Stadnichak displayed elegance
and grace in a contemporary number

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Think globally, act locally and expand your horizons.
It’s the message behind
Global Citizen Week, and
its crowning jewel Global
Music Fest, on this weekend
at the Laurel Packinghouse in
downtown Kelowna.
As much as the concepts
apply to the feeling of citizenship this week of events
is intended to foster—and
aims to bolster cross-cultural understanding—the
musical traditions in Global
Music Fest, and the musicians booked, truly embody a
worldly perspective in every
sense of the term.
From violin rocker Kytami, who founded a world
music group, to the multicultural Vancouver-based Cuban band, Mazacote, to the
party collective The Boom
Booms, who got their musical start travelling, these are
artists capable of thinking
well beyond the reaches of
what they initially saw to find
their niche.
“I didn’t copy anyone. I
just evolved over time,” said
Kyla LeBlanc, a.k.a. Kytami.
“I was trained classically and
then I landed a gig at an Irish
Pub, so I essentially taught
myself how to fiddle. I was
really into hip hop and electronic music at the time—I
was dating a DJ—and I started thinking how can I combine my two worlds?”
Coming out of Victoria,
LeBlanc played in an electro-drum and base reggae
group called Third Eye Tribe,
in hardcore bands with a

B.C.-BORN Kyla LeBlanc, a.k.a. Kytami, performs in Kelowna’s Global Music Fest this
weekend at the Laurel Packinghouse.
metal-punk edge and eventually co-found the highly successful Delhi 2 Dublin.
“It was a lot of time spent
experimenting and playing with other musicians and
coming into my own as a
writer,” she explained.
Returning to the Island
after leaving the band, she
completely transcends expectations as a solo act, donning rock goddess headlines
while aligning herself with

friends from her Classical
music days.
And she still has global
aspirations for tours that
could touch Europe, South
America or Australia.
Her perfect lineup and
visual presentation are all
in her plan, complete with
projections and the graphic elements she would use.
If you’ve ever seen Kytami bring a house down,
you can understand she also

knows the kind of thunderous musical energy needed to
pull an audience up onto the
stage and she’s ready to use it
every time.
“I have a daughter and
trying to balance life can be
tricky,” she said. “But the reward that comes from following my heart has been
immense and I just can’t picture living any other way.”
See Global B4

1 The Inconvenient Indian:
A Curious Account of Native
People in North America
Thomas King $34.95
2 I Could Pee on This: And
Other Poems By Cats
F Marciuliano $14.95
3 The World Until Yesterday:
What Can We Learn from
Traditional Societies?
Jared Diamond $38
4 Into the Abyss
Carol Shaben $29.95
5 The Slow Fix: Solve Problems, Work Smarter and Live
Better
Carl Honore $32
6 Engineers of
Victory
Paul Kennedy $34.99
7 Darth Vader and Son

For a full listing of events and ticket
information visit our Events Calendar at
kelowna.ca/theatre.

Smack Dab to open mid-March

M

anteo Resort
Waterfront Hotel & Villas is
crazy happy to announce
the opening of their new
on-site eatery—Smack
Dab. Following a $1.5
million renovation to the
former home of the Wild
Apple Restaurant, Smack
Dab will open with a bang
in mid-March.
The cool new digs
will feature 120-seats in
the lounge and restaurant,
a private dining room for
18 to 40 (amazing place
to host parties, meetings,
special events and it’s
high-tech equipped).
Smack Dab will also
claim title as Kelowna’s
largest lakeside outdoor
patio, seating an additional 150 guests.
Soaring 10-foot folding glass doors will allow for an open-air environment in the summer
months and protection from the elements
when the weather doesn’t
cooperate.
“Whether a tourist
looking to cleanse their
palate between wineries
or a local who just wants a
to grab a great pizza and a
beer after work, we wanted to create a neighbourhood gathering place that
locals can enjoy as much
as our hotel guests,” said
Heather Schroeter, general manager of Manteo
Resort.
“Kelowna has some
amazing restaurants and

D

FOOD &
WINE TRAILS

Jennifer
Schell
chefs who are doing incredible things with wine
country cuisine but we
saw the opportunity to
deviate a bit from the expected and offer an experience you can’t find
anywhere else in the city,”
she said.
Smack Dab will offer
a great place to hang out
and unwind. The menu
will feature a wide array
of flavour-packed appetizers, sharing plates, forno oven pizzas, signature
entrées and desserts that
are all fresh and prepared
in-house.
Start with a bowl
of Forno Baked Onion
and Ale Soup (wow) or
a Grilled Caesar Salad.
Then share the Meat and
Cheese plate followed
by Fish Tacos or a Forno
Oven Pizza like the Artisan Bacon, Wild Mushroom & Potato Pizza.
Is your mouth watering? Mine is. This menu
offers seriously good eats
and it is exactly what Kelowna is missing. Finally a real gastro-pub and its
lakeside to boot.
Equally serious about
their suds as they are their

CONTRIBUTED

MANTEO RESORT restaurant re-opens in March as
Smack Dab with an expanded outdoor eating area.
food, Smack Dab will offer Kelowna’s largest selection of craft beer—12
on tap and 20 by the bottle—celebrating B.C. and
Pacific Northwest producers.
Of course there will
still be a fabulous wine
list as well as a seasonal
cocktail menu.
Open daily for breakfast, lunch, happy hour,

dinner and late night
snacks. I wonder if I can
book a table for the season? See you there.
Smack Dab is scheduled to open Monday,
March 18.
Jennifer Schell is
editor of B.C. Wine Trails
Magazine.
jennschell@shaw.ca
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Battling giants to be a legend
J

ack the Giant Slayer is based upon the
Jack and the Beanstalk and Jack the Giant
Killer fairy tales.
This re-imagining is
courtesy of director Bryan
Singer (The Usual Suspects and X-Men) starring

Lace up
for someone
you love

MOVIE
GUY

Rick
Davis

Nicholas Hoult (Warm
Bodies, About a Boy)
as a young farmhand
who accidentally opens
a gateway to the world
of giants. An ancient
war restarts as the giants,
thought only of as legend,
try to reclaim the world

they lost centuries ago.
The young man is
forced into battling the
unstoppable giants for
a chance at the love of a
princess and to become a

Praise for Bill Murray as FDR
Davis from B2
legend himself.
Also starring Ewan
McGregor, Stanley Tucci,
Ian McShane and Bill
Nighy, it was co-written
by Christopher McQuarrie (Jack Reacher), who
won an Academy Award
for writing The Usual
Suspects.
The writers of The
Hangover are back, this
time in the director’s
chair, for 21 and Over,
which looks like their previous effort but instead
of a bachelor party, it is
the celebration of a 21st
birthday. On the eve of
straight-A student Jeff
Chang’s important medical school interview, his
two best friends take him
out for his birthday. But
what was supposed to be
a quick beer turns into a
night of humiliation, overindulgence and debauchery.
Even more than The
Hangover, it reminds me
of Harold and Kumar Go
to White Castle, and being compared to those
two movies is both a
blessing and a curse because it has a lot to live
up to as far as party movies go.
It is hard not to snicker at the title of The Last
Exorcism Part II because its predecessor
should have been called
The Second-Last Exorcism or even better: The
Penultimate Exorcism.
Whatever the case, the
first movie was made for
$2 million and grossed
$68 million so a sequel
was inevitable.
Whereas the first
movie was made as
“found footage” (like The
Blair Witch Project), Part
II tells a more traditional horror tale, continuing
the story of Nell Sweetzer (Ashley Bell) who is
trying to start a new life
but the evil force that possessed her is back with
new horrific plans.
Hyde Park on Hudson tells the story of when
President Franklin Delano
Roosevelt and his wife
Eleanor host King George
VI and his wife at their
country estate in Hyde
Park, New York.
The 1939 Royal visit was the first ever to the
United States for a reigning English monarch, during which King George
was hoping to bolster
American support for the
United Kingdom on the
eve of the Second World
War.
But international affairs must be juggled with
the complexities of FDR’s
domestic establishment as
his wife, mother and mis-

EWAN MCGREGOR (left), Eleanor Tomlinson and Nicholas Hoult star in Jack the
Giant Slayer.
tress all conspire to make
the Royal weekend an unforgettable one.
Critics have praised
Bill Murray for his performance as the presi-

dent under the direction of
Roger Michell (Notting
Hill, Morning Glory). It
shows exclusively at the
Paramount Theatre.

Rick Davis is the
general manager of
Landmark Cinemas 8.
landmarkwk_gm
@landmarkcinemas.ca

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Paired with Vancouver’s Mazacote, it should
make for a wild Saturday
night performance at the
three-day event.
The six-piece Cuban
band is also from Coastal
B.C., though its members
have roots in Japan, Latin
America and Africa.
As trumpet player
Malcolm Aiken, originally from New Westmin-

ster, describes it, they’re
the perfect multi-ethnic fit
for a Global Music Fest.
And they have a Grammy-award winning percussionist, Toto Berriel, to
add international success
to the mix.
Many of the members
came out of Vancouver’s
Buena Vista Social Club,
a salsa scene in Vancouver in the early 2000s
where a young musician
could find paying work.

They eventually solidified into a group that’s
managed to stay madly in
love with the Cuban beats
behind their music, and
are a group of musicians
who know how to bring a
crowd to their feet—not
unlike the festival opener
The Boom Booms.
The Boom Booms
found themselves in a
global music environment by heading out on
the road.

LouisiAnA HAYriDe iV
The Legends of Country & Rockabilly

Friday, March 1,7:30pm
A World Premiere: The History of Country and Rockabilly. Go back in History
with The Louisiana Hayride featuring Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams,
Patsy Cline, Roy Orbison and many
more! Amazing LIVE singers and band,
takes you back to that timeless

Tickets: Adult $35, Students/Seniors $33

VALDY

Tuesday, March 5
7:30pm

Canadian folksinger, remembered for
“Play Me a Rock and Roll Song,” his
bitter-sweet memory of finding himself,
a relaxed and amiable story-teller, facing
a rambunctious audience at the Aldergrove Rock Festival circa 1968, Valdy has
sold almost half a million copies of his 13 albums.

LIKE SO MANY OTHERS, The Boom Booms got into performing world beat music through their influences
while traveling. They perform this weekend in the Global Music Fest at Kelowna’s Laurel Packinghouse.
Lead singer Aaron
Ross was travelling the
world, figuring he would
wind up working in community projects in developing countries, when a
music career landed on
his door, by his description.
He had a guitar with
him as he travelled, made
a few recordings, people
liked it and he fell into
his art.
Now, he sees music
as a better path to enable

the kinds of messages he
would have shared working in development.
“The bigger audience
you can reach, the bigger impact you are going to have,” he said. “The
music path has been just
incredible.”
The group formed
four years ago in East
Vancouver and immediately took to the road,
driving to Panama, splitting for time, and then rejoining each other in Bra-

Tickets: Adult $25, Students/Seniors $20

Archie Fisher

Saturday, March 16
7:30pm

Master guitarist, singer and songwriter
Archie Fisher is Scotland’s foremost
troubadour and is known throughout the country as the host of BBC Radio Scotland’s award-winning
“Travelling Folk” show, which he has presented for over 25 years.The
most recent recognition of his art came from the Goderich Celtic Roots
Festival in 2008 when he was granted the Tradition Bearers Award.

Tickets: $23, Students/Seniors $22, Group of 4 tickets $80.

H

ere is a taste of
some of the newest volunteer
opportunities currently
available on our website.
Creator’s Arts Centre Society is a local
non-profit dance and
drama school looking for
a fundraising coordinator
and a grant writer. Rather than working in isolation, you would be part of
two teams.
Their joint goal is to
raise funds for tuition assistance so that children
and youth can continue
their dance and drama lessons.
Ideal skills for a fundraising coordinator in-

clude event planning,
knowledge of the Revenue Canada fundraising
guidelines for charities
and experience overseeing volunteers.
As a member of the
grant writing team, you
will be researching grant
opportunities, creating budget information
and following up with
the foundations. If you
have experience in creating content for proposals
that engage foundations
to give, this could be your
perfect fit.
Crisis Line Volunteers
support telephone call-

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RELAY FOR LIFE
CELEBRATE

REMEMBER

FIGHT BACK

$10 (all ages) until March 1, 2013. $20 (all ages) after that.
2013 Relay For Life will take place on
June 1 – 2 (6pm – 6am) at City Park.
relayforlife.ca

Booms play Friday,
March 1 and Kytami and
Mazacote play Saturday,
March 2, both at the Laurel Packinghouse. A complete listing and ticket information can be found at
globalcitizenkelowna.org.
Tickets are $12 per night
online or $15 at the door;
they can also be purchased at the Bike Shop
Café and Leo’s Videos.
jsmith@kelownacapnews.com

Volunteer in arts, crisis line, mental health
COLUMNIST

Come celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with
Cod Gone Wild for their annual Paddy’s
Day performance. Cod Gone Wild will be
sharing some new original and traditional music as well as performing some of
their favorites that can not be overlooked around St. Patrick’s Day!

If there’s a way to describe their music, its as
a floating version of the
Brazilian Carnival with a
good dose of the tic drum
on the twos and fours and
the classic whole room
singing flare, he said.
This is rock and roll,
soul and world beat at its
best.
To take the plunge
and hear something new,
Global Music Fest runs
March 1-3. The Boom

▼ VOLUNTEER CENTRE

Dawn Wilkinson

Friday, March 15
7:30pm

zil.

ers in distress. Support includes a listening with a
compassionate ear, crisis
intervention and referrals
to resources when appropriate.
If you are serious
about gaining some significant training and experience in order to help
people at their most vulnerable moments, consider the Crisis Line at KCR.
Training takes place
four times a year and
consists of eight hours
of home study and approximately 16 classroom
hours. The next training
starts April 24, 2013 and
interviews take place early March 2013. Seating is
limited.
Peer Support Mentors
assist the Peer Support
Team Lead with presenta-

tions in the community,
primarily at the psychiatric unit at the hospital.
They also facilitate a peer
group meeting or lead a
small group.
March training means
that your application is
needed by March 4, 2013
for this position with the
Canadian Mental Health
Association Kelowna &
District Branch.
You can find contact information for all of
these positions at www.
kcr.ca, Volunteer Opportunities Search Central
Okanagan.
Dawn Wilkinson manages the Community Information and Volunteer
Centre at Kelowna Community Resources.
250-763-8008, ext 24
informkelowna@kcr.ca

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WEST

▼ FINTRY QUEEN

Vessel looking
for a home in
West Kelowna

‘‘

Wade Paterson
STAFF REPORTER

A nervous but enthusiastic Andy Schwab tried
to convince West Kelowna council Tuesday the
Fintry Queen should be
included in development
plans for the CNR Wharf.
And council didn’t say
“no.”
Schwab has been the
owner of the iconic Fintry
Queen since late January.
“Since that time, I
have been diligent in my
interest to find a new
home and a new business
opportunity for the vessel,” said Schwab.
“I think there is a huge
opportunity on this lake
that is totally under-utilized, and that is to provide
public transportation to go
between the parks and the
wineries, the communities
and up and down the lake
like ships used to do in the
’80s through the ’90s.”
Schwab operated the
150-foot long ship in
1999 and 2000.
“We carried over
25,000 people both years
and we were very optimistic we would see almost 40,000 by year three

…I DON’T SEE IT
WORKING WITH
THE PARKING
SITUATION.
Gord Milsom,
West Kelowna
councillor

if we had the opportunity
at that time to do so.”
Mechanically, the ship
is brand new, according to
Schwab.
“Over $800,000 was
spent between 2005 and
2008 to bring all elements
of the ship up to proper
Transport Canada codes
and requirements.”
The Fintry Queen
owner said the ship could
be a “waterfront destination” at CNR Wharf and
asked that the ship be considered within the scope
of redesign plans.
Coun. Bryden Winsby
said he remembers riding
on the vessel prior to 1968
when it was still named
M.V. Lequime. “I’m not
about to reject it out of
hand. A lot more consideration has to be given

CAPITAL NEWS FILE

THE OWNER of the Fintry Queen remains optimistic that the iconic paddlewheeler can become a popular landmark if given a place to dock along
West Kelowna’s Gellaty Bay shoreline. Council voted for district staff to review the proposal and report back with a recommendation.
to this idea,” said Winsby.
While he noted there
would be a significant cost
associated with docking
the boat at CNR Wharf,
Schwab insisted the expense would be tackled by
his company.
Schwab’s goal is to
have the Fintry Queen
sailing to and from six or
seven different locations

along Okanagan Lake,
bringing passengers to
various tourist hot spots
throughout the valley.
But until that demand
has been established, he
said the vessel could operate as a dockside restaurant, which could offer
evening cruises.
Limited parking along
Gellatly Bay has been an

ongoing issue, and Coun.
Gord Milsom pointed out
the area may be unable to
accommodate passengers.
“We’ve already approved our finance for
CNR Wharf as part of the
Waterfront Plan and, quite
honestly, I don’t see it
working with the parking
situation,” said Milsom.
“I don’t think it makes

sense for this council to
refer you back to staff to
talk about it further.”
Winsby’s motion that
Schwab’s proposal be referred to district staff for
further consideration and
that a report come back to
council with information
from those discussions
passed by a 5-2 vote, with
Mayor Doug Findlater

and Milsom opposed.
“I’m looking forward
to working with staff and
addressing all of their
issues—I think they can
all be met,” said Schwab.
“I fully understand the
environment they’re trying to create there. I think
the ship would be a huge
asset.”
wpaterson@kelownacapnews.com

▼ WEST KELOWNA

Mount Boucherie school to host junior chess tournament
Chess players of all skill
levels are invited to try out
their moves Saturday at a junior chess tournament in West
Kelowna.
The tournament—beginning at 9 a.m. in Mount Boucherie Senior Secondary—is
for Grade 1 to 12 students who

enjoy the strategic game.
Independent and homeschooled students are also invited to take part in the rated tournament, which is being
hosted by the Central Okanagan School District.
Tournament director Chris
Laurie, with Glenrosa Elemen-

tary School, said the event will
test concentration and focus.
“This is a fun learning experience, in which students of
similar grades are paired up in
a supportive competition,” said
Laurie.
He noted primary students
should have a basic knowledge

of the game and know how all
the pieces move.
“Referees will help guide
students with any questions
and (give) tips unique to competitive chess.”
Up to five rounds will be
played between 9 a.m. and
2 p.m., although the primary

group will likely finish sooner
than intermediate categories.
Laurie said it’s a good idea
for participants to bring a book
or craft to keep them amused
during the breaks.
School trophies and individual medals will be awarded to three qualifiers in each

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“Mike said it would
be like this!”
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grade.
Everyone will receive participation ribbons.
A pizza lunch will be offered for $15 as well.
For more details, contact
Chris Laurie by calling 250768-5181 or by email chris.
laurie@sd23.bc.ca.

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WESTSIDE

▼ LETTER

▼ ACCIDENT INJURY CLAIMS

What’s in a name?

Lawyers learn from clients about anatomy
A

To the editor:
The Peachlanders attending the Primary School last
week heard the announcement by our federal MP of an
additional grant of $52,000 for the outfitting of the Visitor Information Centre.
Besides that happy surprise, the usual photo op session, and the absence of any heat, it was a great opportunity to get a preview of the renewal underway.
A photo could never capture the scope and solidity
of the spaces revealed. It was something to see through
all the exposed uprights of real 2 x 6s (milled right in
Peachland by the McDougall sawmill), and to note the
joinery of the peaked supports over the windows.
We were told that the architects are still trying to figure a way to keep a small section of a wall exposed to
show off the distinct diagonal application of boards.
The closeness of the view of the lake, the window
light and lofty ceiling heights are all stunning.
The tour identified the allocation of spaces for the
anchor tenants, and revealed the hallway space for use
by the arts community.
I hope that this project will be established as a public, inclusive place, and that any notions of “ownership”
of this or that area will be avoided.
Envisioned as the centrepiece of our town’s public facilities, in my view its success depends more than
anything else on its openness and wide community access.
Understandably, the operational functions and finances will challenge our capacity and management.
It was special to tour the project at this stage, and to
anticipate its completion.
With the May long weekend set for the opening, is
there time to launch an open contest for a name to identify the building?
The name should be something that would communicate “a space” that shows off all community endeavours and tells its stories.
Dora Stewart,
Peachland

first aid course is
the full extent of
my formal medical education.
However, over the
years of handling car
crash injury cases, I have
benefited from extensive
“on the job training.”
Every one of my clients is a case study. I take
a detailed history and review clinical records.
My clients fill me in
on what the family doctor and specialists recommend for treatment and I
hear about the benefits of
various modalities of care.
Near the conclusion of
a case, I obtain and review
medical reports of therapists, doctors and specialists.
I have an anatomic model in my office that
would stand up proudly against that of any specialist in this province.
My “on the job training” has prepared me
well to perform one of the
most important aspects of
my work as a personal injury lawyer—to ensure
that absolutely no stone is
left unturned in the pursuit of as full a recovery
as is possible.
Leaving any stone unturned gives the defending insurance company
a way out of paying fair
compensation.

ACHIEVING
JUSTICE

Paul
Hergott
It gives them what I
refer to as the “magic pill
defence.”
Nobody, including the
members of a jury, likes
to think about an injured
victim having to suffer
pain and functional limitations for the rest of his
or her life.
It’s a disturbing
thought. If I accept that
a person is never going
to recover, then I have to
accept that if I, too, was
rear-ended and suffered
the same injuries, I might
not ever recover, either.
I would have to accept
that if my wife and child
suffered the same injuries,
they also might never recover.
It’s easier for us to believe in a cure. It’s easier
for us to look for and believe in a “magic pill.”
It’s 4 1/2 years after
the crash and physiotherapy and chiropractic care
have failed to bring about
a cure, but some other
therapeutic option has not
been fully explored.

YOUR NEWS!

Some specialist has
suggested active release
therapy, or botox injection therapy as possible
options.
As unlikely as it may
be with chronic symptoms having set in, maybe
one of those options will
make all the difference
and bring about a full recovery.
Sometimes the “magic pill” is time. No stone
left unturned in the therapy department, but time
will bring about healing.
It’s already three years
since the crash, and symptoms haven’t improved at
all for the last six months,
but just give it more time
and there might be some
further recovery.
To do this job right, a
lawyer must play doctor
to ensure that every magic pill is swallowed before
the case gets close to trial.
Leave a magic pill on
the table and there is likely to be a travesty of justice arising from the hopeful optimism in the courtroom that a magic pill will
cure the injured victim.
Optimism for recovery leads to compensation
being assessed on the basis of a temporary injury,
not a permanent one.
The injured victim,

who has faced misplaced
optimism ever since the
first doctor out of the gate
told her she would be fine
in a couple weeks, is left
victimized yet again.
Once a case has been
settled, or there has been
a court judgment, there
is no going back for the
shortfall in compensation
after the magic pill didn’t
work.
So there’s “Doctor
Paul,” doing my best to
anticipate all the magic
pills the defence insurer
might come up with and
to ensure those pills are
taken as early as possible
so that they’ve had time to
work their magic.
My “doctoring” includes preparing my clients to make referral requests of family doctors
who don’t have the luxury of time nor resources to
fully review the patient’s
condition and clinical history on a regular basis.
It also includes making private referrals of my
own to specialist to get
opinions for use in prosecuting the claim, which
opinions almost invariably include treatment
recommendations that
can be passed on to the
treatment team for implementation.

I tread carefully,
knowing that any involvement of a personal injury lawyer in care may be
perceived by some doctors as meaning that the
patient is more concerned
about their injury claim
and less concerned about
getting better.
I try to stay under the
radar as much as possible
because that perception
could not be further from
the truth.
The reality is that my
goals, and the goals of my
clients, are aligned with
those of the treatment
team. We all want the patient to recover from his
or her injuries as quickly
and fully as possible, pulling all the stops.
Doing so has the added benefit of ensuring that
we’re not left with the
kind of unfair result that
can arise from pursuing
care in an incomplete or
non-exhaustive way.
This column is intended to provide general information about injury
claims. It is not a substitute for retaining a lawyer
to provide legal advice
specifically pertaining to
your case. Paul Hergott is
a lawyer at Hergott Law
in West Kelowna.
paul@hlaw.ca

Input sought on Memorial Park upgrades
The District of West Kelowna is creating a plan that will recommend upgrades at Memorial Park, located adjacent to Johnson Bentley Memorial Aquatic Centre in downtown Westbank.
The Memorial Park Plan will focus
specifically on improving existing outdoor spaces at Memorial Park and enhancing the summer outdoor concert series,
Music in the Park.
Memorial Park is a gathering place
for key cultural events in the district, and
also features a skateboard park, connections to trails and a playing field.
As part of the planning process, the
district is inviting the public to participate

in a short survey to share impressions of
the park today and ideas for the future.
The Memorial Park Plan Ideas Survey takes about five minutes to complete and is available on the district’s
homepage, www.districtofwestkelowna.ca. A hard copy of the survey may be
picked up at Municipal Hall, 2760 Cameron Rd.
The survey will be available until
March 6; results will be shared at a public
open house March 14, from 4 to 7 p.m. at
Westbank Lions Hall.
For more information about the project, contact the district’s parks planning
department at 778-797-8830.

For more information call 250-862-5473
or visit www.okanagan.bc.ca/spaghettibridge

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ASTTBC Technology Strategy
Packed With Careers

Stepping Up

“Technology is the backbone of every
BC industry, impacting virtually
every aspect of the economy.”

for BC Technology

– BC Technology Report Card 2012 : KPMG

T

ECHNOLOGY is BC’s fastest growing sector
with employment of 84,000 – more jobs than
forestry, mining, and oil and gas combined. 1
Technology today permeates every job and workplace in BC. Technology-reliant occupations in
BC employed almost 150,000 workers in 2012.
Certified technologist, technician and technical
specialist positions represent almost 57,000 jobs,
some 38% of this employment.
25,000 new technology job openings are expected
by 2020, including about 8,600 more technologists
and technicians. Oh, yes – and thousands of
currently employed technology professionals
nearing retirement must be replaced!
Yet most young BC men and women – and their
parents – currently overlook scores of stimulating science and technology careers.
So… WHY aren’t grads and adult career-changers lining up for two-year programs at BCIT and
colleges that lead straight into rewarding careers
in applied science and engineering technology?
“Part of the reason is that no clear strategic
direction exists for technology education in BC,”
observes John Leech, AScT, CAE, Executive
Director of the 10,000 member Applied Science
Technologists & Technicians of British Columbia
(ASTTBC). “‘A Strategic Direction for Technology
Education and Skills in British Columbia’,
released on January 29th 2013, maps out an
action plan for technology education and skills
development.”

“N

ATIONAL ENGINEERING &
GEOSCIENCE MONTH provides an
opportunity to celebrate applied science
and engineering technologists, technicians and
technical specialists… the ‘invisible’
professionals who keep you and your family
comfortable, safe, warm and productive.
ASTTBC Technology Professionals design,
build and maintain the systems that bring your
home reliable drinking water, electricity, fuel for
the furnace and range. We keep your TV,
Internet and phones humming, police and fire
telecommunications flowing. We help design
and build your community’s infrastructure,
roads, lighting and traffic control.
The 10,000 Technology Professionals
registered with ASTTBC all take pride in
serving you and your community. You
seldom see us, but we’ve got your back –
24/7, 365 – working in public utilities,
cities, towns and regional districts, and on
professional teams.

“ASTTBC’s Strategic Direction
stresses the ‘middle path’ between
colleges and institutes, and
university degrees and trades
apprenticeships.”

“The payoff is summed up in just one word –
opportunity!”, Leech enthuses. “We see career
opportunity for our young graduates, male and
female, for Aboriginal people and new Canadians,
becoming professional technologists, technicians
and technical specialists.”
ASTTBC’s strategy challenges the K–12 school
system to redouble efforts to engage young students in ‘STEM’ subjects – Science, Technology,
Engineering and Math – and urges the creation of
a BC ‘Science and Technology Culture’.
STEM skills are the means by which Japan,
Korea, Singapore, Taiwan and Finland have
established leadership in key industries. 2
A recent BC Technology Industries Association
survey found ‘specialty’ technicians and technologists are the single most important position
for BC technology companies to fill currently.
The recent BC Mining HR Task Force forecast
shows technologists and technicians are prominent in the industry’s five most in-demand occupations, including geological and mineral technologists, drafting technologists and technicians, and mapping and related technologists
and technicians.
“The need for more technology skills training
programs for British Columbians is simply overwhelming,” concludes Leech. ■
1 BC Jobs Plan: 1-Year Progress Report
2 Canadian Council of Chief Executives, 2012

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An idea to build on
A small idea thought up by
an Okanagan College fine-arts
professor has supported the
massive weight of time.
The idea was the Spaghetti
Bridge Contest, which is celebrating the 30th anniversary
of the event that has brought it
international acclaim; the man
is Mike Young.
“The idea came together as
a way to break up the winter
blues, have a competition that
used inexpensive materials
and pitted the technologies
against the creative students in
fine arts,” he explains.
“It was also intended to
involve elementary and highschool students and have them
come to the college so that by
being more familiar with the
institution, they would feel
more comfortable about the
place and choose the college for their post-secondary
education.”
Mary McCulloch, the former
Dean of Fine Arts, remembers
the discussions at coffee about
how to involve the community
and other colleges.
“Mike was very good at
ideas, but he recognized he
would need to bring other
people in.”
He approached Brad Rickards and Peter Murray in Physics, and Bob Gallant and Bas
Bradley in Civil Engineering

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Technology.
The first year, the strongest
bridge held 18 kilograms, the
next year 30. “Then, the loads
just went up, up, up,” Bradley
said. “Just when you thought
it couldn’t go any higher, it
would.”
Bradley has a lot of memories from his 12-year involvement, although a bridge
exploding in his face might not
be among them.
One of Young’s favourite
memories was the reaction of
“very petite Grade 9 student”
when Peter Murray backed into
and broke her bridge.
Her reaction can’t be printed
in a family newspaper.
Murray was horrified. “At the
end of day, we instantly developed some hard-luck prizes,”
said the Physics professor, who
worked on the contest every
year, with one exception, until
he semi-retired this year after
39 years.
For the first few years, the
core group ran it and the college’s only involvement was
providing the space.
“Eventually, it became
too big for us; either the
college had to take it over or
it wouldn’t continue. Garry
Gaudet embraced it. That’s
when the heavyweight contest
started.”
Gaudet, a former CBC
broadcaster and newspaper
reporter, had just been hired as
the college’s first professional
media relations officer.
“We saw it as a promotional opportunity. I thought,
let’s see what we can do
with
massive
weights;
let’s
see if
we can
get 100
pounds
off a
bridge. That
happened
pretty
quickly, which
got a lot of news-

paper and TV attention.”
The first year of the heavyweight competition, the bridge
held 47.2 kilograms.
“I would invite MIT, the big
technology universities in the
U.S. to come and compete with
our guys; nobody ever did but
when I emceed, I always vowed
they didn’t show up for fear of
embarrassment.”
While the bit U.S. technical
universities might have afraid
to compete, the college got the
publicity it sought when Ripley’s Believe It or Not bought
some bridges for its museums, and Spectacular Word of
Guinness TV Record showed
the competition on stations all
over the world.
And Discover magazine
wrote a humorous piece that
if all the witticisms had been
stacked on a bridge, it would
have crushed it. The long, congratulatory piece ended with:
“Any engineer can build a
bridge out of iron, but it takes
a true visionary to add niacin,
thiamin, and essential vitamins.”
The originators of the spaghetti bridge contest were
dreamers, but even they had no
idea it would become an international event. Or that bridges
made from a kitchen stable
could be turned into a structure that would hold almost a
thousand pounds.
“I watch the heavyweight
every year and I’m amazed by
it,” Murray said. “It’s an event
to watch. They should invite
Rick Mercer here. It’s the kind
of thing he would hop on and it
would get national coverage.”
That’s an idea that would
impress even Young.
“It was amazing to me how
this simple idea has generated
so many years of ingenuity,
creativity, competition, and
co-operation between faculty,
students at the elementary,
secondary and post secondary
levels,” Young wrote.
“Long may it run.”

The inventor of the Fettuccine Fault Line
is betting a bridge at Okanagan College’s
Spaghetti Bridge Contest will hold 1,000
pounds (453.59 kilograms) this year.
“One strand of pasta,” said Henry Murphy, as he rummaged through the spaghetti
boxes in his lab and pulled out a piece, “will
hold a lot of weight. The more of these you
put in, the more weight the bridge will hold.
“Usually there are about 100 spokes,
so if it holds 10 pounds, a bridge should
easily hold 1,000 pounds,” said the former
welder, air-weapons technician, miner, and
Northside Steel manager, who
has helped with the contest
since 1984, first as a student,
then as an industry liaison, and
now as a College instructor.
He’s the tech for the asphalt,
concrete, and soils labs, but he
also teaches fabricating to mechanical engineering technology students, and School District
23 shop teachers fabrication.
“We think we’re going to get
a 1,000-pound bridge this year.
Of course, if there is one little
flaw, it will start failing like a
zipper.”
The record of 443.58 kilograms (977.92
pounds) was set in 2009 by Norbert Pozsonyi
and Aliz Totivan of Hungary.
The contest that started small and informal in 1983 has become much more formal

John Leech realizes his job is fun otherwise he wouldn’t have worked
for the same organization for 40
years.
Leech is executive director of
Applied Science, Technicians and
Technologists of British Columbia
(ASTTBC).
Fun is not often used to describe
technology careers, which is one
reason the 10,000-member organization sponsors the Okanagan
College Spaghetti Bridge contest,
celebrating its 30th anniversary this
year.
“It’s a prime vehicle for exciting
young minds about science and
technology,” Leech explained, as he
parked his car beside the highway so
he could talk more enthusiastically
about technology.
“When you look at the heavy-

weight competition in particular, it is
easy to make a leap of faith and stop
building with concrete and steel and
build bridges with pasta,” he said
with a chuckle.
“It’s incredible. It’s about as magical as the iPhone and other electronic devices.”
In addition to sponsoring the spaghetti bridge competition, ASTTBC
is also a prime sponsor with RoboCup, which introduces elementary
and secondary school students to
robotics. The largest of the three
Canadian events is held at Okanagan
College. The two others are in Ontario and Quebec.
“Robotics is an area of high technology, it’s kind of neat and cool.
Young people can get pretty excited
about robots and the fact that they
get to program and make robots do

and methodical, and Murphy ensures it
stays that way.
At the beginning, buckets of sand were
hooked to the bridges, until they got so
strong, weightlifters were recruited.
“We used Gold’s Gym, but the weight
eventually got so heavy we came up with a
hydraulic machine that we called Igor — an
off-the-shelf piece of equipment — but that
was only good for 550 pounds.”
In 1993-94, when he was a part-time lab
tech and teaching in the mechanical engineering technology program, Murphy built
a hydraulically controlled testing
apparatus that constantly loaded
the bridge at a set rate — the Fettuccine Fault Line, so named in a
student contest.
“We used a hydraulic cylinder
and a load settled on the end
of the cylinder and that hooked
up to the bottom of the bridge,
which was set on two supports.”
While Bob Williams, one of the
spaghetti-bridge building legends, has predicted a spaghetti
bridge could hold a metric ton if
built properly, Murphy isn’t willing to make such predictions.
“They’re learning more all the time. There
are new glues all the time and they’re figuring out where the weak spot are. They’ve
figured out that cool glue is best.
“If they use glue that’s too hot, it cooks

something useful. It’s pretty neat
stuff.
“We saw the potential to engage
with young people and we applaud
the initiative of the college, both for
Spaghetti Bridge and RoboCup.”
He said when students — elementary, secondary and post-secondary
— are having fun building bridges,
they get some insight into science
and how technicians and technologists help run the world.
“Often engineering technologists
and technicians are invisible to
parents, teachers and the public and
yet those folks are behind the scenes
making sure infrastructure continues to work, and the technology that
we walk around with is working.”
ASTTBC was formed in 1958, but
re-invented itself under the Applied
Science, Technicians and Technolo-

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the pasta and makes a weak spot. Hot glue
never gets solid; it’s always soft and will give
a bit.”
For this year’s contest, Murphy is replacing 60-watt glue guns with 10-watt guns,
donated by Interior Testing. “We get a lot of
support from industry.”
After all these years, Murphy never tires of
watching the amazement on people’s faces
as they see a one-kilogram bridge holding
hundreds of pounds.
“They’re staring at the weight and their
jaws drop.”
If, as he expects, the 1,000-pound mark is
beaten, more jaws will drop, including his.

gists Act in 1985.
“The number of long-term employees, the volunteer efforts over
the decades speaks volumes for the
efficacy of ASTTBC, but we’re here
to do a job and people are committed to it.”
While the association started
sponsoring the bridge contest, its relationship goes back further to when
the College started offering two-year
diploma programs in engineering
technology.
Leech can’t make this year’s competition, but he been a spectator,
a speaker, and handed out special
rulers and airplanes and other fun
things to let the audience know
ASTTBC is there.
The association will be represented this year by Jason Jung, manager
of program development, regional

manager Bruce Stevens, and community representative Henry Murphy, an Okanagan College engineering technology instructor.
Murphy echoed Leech’s contention that many people don’t consider technology as a career.
“They think of engineers and
trades people, but there is that link
in between, which is a very lucrative
link, where we need people who can
understand engineering and be able
apply principles to trades people.
So we are called applied science
technologists.”
Leech said a statement that was
true when he graduated from BCIT
graduate in civil engineering technology, is still true today:
“You can get a rewarding,
well-paying job and you can do it
within two years.”

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An idea to build on
A small idea thought up by
an Okanagan College fine-arts
professor has supported the
massive weight of time.
The idea was the Spaghetti
Bridge Contest, which is celebrating the 30th anniversary
of the event that has brought it
international acclaim; the man
is Mike Young.
“The idea came together as
a way to break up the winter
blues, have a competition that
used inexpensive materials
and pitted the technologies
against the creative students in
fine arts,” he explains.
“It was also intended to
involve elementary and highschool students and have them
come to the college so that by
being more familiar with the
institution, they would feel
more comfortable about the
place and choose the college for their post-secondary
education.”
Mary McCulloch, the former
Dean of Fine Arts, remembers
the discussions at coffee about
how to involve the community
and other colleges.
“Mike was very good at
ideas, but he recognized he
would need to bring other
people in.”
He approached Brad Rickards and Peter Murray in Physics, and Bob Gallant and Bas
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Technology.
The first year, the strongest
bridge held 18 kilograms, the
next year 30. “Then, the loads
just went up, up, up,” Bradley
said. “Just when you thought
it couldn’t go any higher, it
would.”
Bradley has a lot of memories from his 12-year involvement, although a bridge
exploding in his face might not
be among them.
One of Young’s favourite
memories was the reaction of
“very petite Grade 9 student”
when Peter Murray backed into
and broke her bridge.
Her reaction can’t be printed
in a family newspaper.
Murray was horrified. “At the
end of day, we instantly developed some hard-luck prizes,”
said the Physics professor, who
worked on the contest every
year, with one exception, until
he semi-retired this year after
39 years.
For the first few years, the
core group ran it and the college’s only involvement was
providing the space.
“Eventually, it became
too big for us; either the
college had to take it over or
it wouldn’t continue. Garry
Gaudet embraced it. That’s
when the heavyweight contest
started.”
Gaudet, a former CBC
broadcaster and newspaper
reporter, had just been hired as
the college’s first professional
media relations officer.
“We saw it as a promotional opportunity. I thought,
let’s see what we can do
with
massive
weights;
let’s
see if
we can
get 100
pounds
off a
bridge. That
happened
pretty
quickly, which
got a lot of news-

paper and TV attention.”
The first year of the heavyweight competition, the bridge
held 47.2 kilograms.
“I would invite MIT, the big
technology universities in the
U.S. to come and compete with
our guys; nobody ever did but
when I emceed, I always vowed
they didn’t show up for fear of
embarrassment.”
While the bit U.S. technical
universities might have afraid
to compete, the college got the
publicity it sought when Ripley’s Believe It or Not bought
some bridges for its museums, and Spectacular Word of
Guinness TV Record showed
the competition on stations all
over the world.
And Discover magazine
wrote a humorous piece that
if all the witticisms had been
stacked on a bridge, it would
have crushed it. The long, congratulatory piece ended with:
“Any engineer can build a
bridge out of iron, but it takes
a true visionary to add niacin,
thiamin, and essential vitamins.”
The originators of the spaghetti bridge contest were
dreamers, but even they had no
idea it would become an international event. Or that bridges
made from a kitchen stable
could be turned into a structure that would hold almost a
thousand pounds.
“I watch the heavyweight
every year and I’m amazed by
it,” Murray said. “It’s an event
to watch. They should invite
Rick Mercer here. It’s the kind
of thing he would hop on and it
would get national coverage.”
That’s an idea that would
impress even Young.
“It was amazing to me how
this simple idea has generated
so many years of ingenuity,
creativity, competition, and
co-operation between faculty,
students at the elementary,
secondary and post secondary
levels,” Young wrote.
“Long may it run.”

The inventor of the Fettuccine Fault Line
is betting a bridge at Okanagan College’s
Spaghetti Bridge Contest will hold 1,000
pounds (453.59 kilograms) this year.
“One strand of pasta,” said Henry Murphy, as he rummaged through the spaghetti
boxes in his lab and pulled out a piece, “will
hold a lot of weight. The more of these you
put in, the more weight the bridge will hold.
“Usually there are about 100 spokes,
so if it holds 10 pounds, a bridge should
easily hold 1,000 pounds,” said the former
welder, air-weapons technician, miner, and
Northside Steel manager, who
has helped with the contest
since 1984, first as a student,
then as an industry liaison, and
now as a College instructor.
He’s the tech for the asphalt,
concrete, and soils labs, but he
also teaches fabricating to mechanical engineering technology students, and School District
23 shop teachers fabrication.
“We think we’re going to get
a 1,000-pound bridge this year.
Of course, if there is one little
flaw, it will start failing like a
zipper.”
The record of 443.58 kilograms (977.92
pounds) was set in 2009 by Norbert Pozsonyi
and Aliz Totivan of Hungary.
The contest that started small and informal in 1983 has become much more formal

John Leech realizes his job is fun otherwise he wouldn’t have worked
for the same organization for 40
years.
Leech is executive director of
Applied Science, Technicians and
Technologists of British Columbia
(ASTTBC).
Fun is not often used to describe
technology careers, which is one
reason the 10,000-member organization sponsors the Okanagan
College Spaghetti Bridge contest,
celebrating its 30th anniversary this
year.
“It’s a prime vehicle for exciting
young minds about science and
technology,” Leech explained, as he
parked his car beside the highway so
he could talk more enthusiastically
about technology.
“When you look at the heavy-

weight competition in particular, it is
easy to make a leap of faith and stop
building with concrete and steel and
build bridges with pasta,” he said
with a chuckle.
“It’s incredible. It’s about as magical as the iPhone and other electronic devices.”
In addition to sponsoring the spaghetti bridge competition, ASTTBC
is also a prime sponsor with RoboCup, which introduces elementary
and secondary school students to
robotics. The largest of the three
Canadian events is held at Okanagan
College. The two others are in Ontario and Quebec.
“Robotics is an area of high technology, it’s kind of neat and cool.
Young people can get pretty excited
about robots and the fact that they
get to program and make robots do

and methodical, and Murphy ensures it
stays that way.
At the beginning, buckets of sand were
hooked to the bridges, until they got so
strong, weightlifters were recruited.
“We used Gold’s Gym, but the weight
eventually got so heavy we came up with a
hydraulic machine that we called Igor — an
off-the-shelf piece of equipment — but that
was only good for 550 pounds.”
In 1993-94, when he was a part-time lab
tech and teaching in the mechanical engineering technology program, Murphy built
a hydraulically controlled testing
apparatus that constantly loaded
the bridge at a set rate — the Fettuccine Fault Line, so named in a
student contest.
“We used a hydraulic cylinder
and a load settled on the end
of the cylinder and that hooked
up to the bottom of the bridge,
which was set on two supports.”
While Bob Williams, one of the
spaghetti-bridge building legends, has predicted a spaghetti
bridge could hold a metric ton if
built properly, Murphy isn’t willing to make such predictions.
“They’re learning more all the time. There
are new glues all the time and they’re figuring out where the weak spot are. They’ve
figured out that cool glue is best.
“If they use glue that’s too hot, it cooks

something useful. It’s pretty neat
stuff.
“We saw the potential to engage
with young people and we applaud
the initiative of the college, both for
Spaghetti Bridge and RoboCup.”
He said when students — elementary, secondary and post-secondary
— are having fun building bridges,
they get some insight into science
and how technicians and technologists help run the world.
“Often engineering technologists
and technicians are invisible to
parents, teachers and the public and
yet those folks are behind the scenes
making sure infrastructure continues to work, and the technology that
we walk around with is working.”
ASTTBC was formed in 1958, but
re-invented itself under the Applied
Science, Technicians and Technolo-

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the pasta and makes a weak spot. Hot glue
never gets solid; it’s always soft and will give
a bit.”
For this year’s contest, Murphy is replacing 60-watt glue guns with 10-watt guns,
donated by Interior Testing. “We get a lot of
support from industry.”
After all these years, Murphy never tires of
watching the amazement on people’s faces
as they see a one-kilogram bridge holding
hundreds of pounds.
“They’re staring at the weight and their
jaws drop.”
If, as he expects, the 1,000-pound mark is
beaten, more jaws will drop, including his.

gists Act in 1985.
“The number of long-term employees, the volunteer efforts over
the decades speaks volumes for the
efficacy of ASTTBC, but we’re here
to do a job and people are committed to it.”
While the association started
sponsoring the bridge contest, its relationship goes back further to when
the College started offering two-year
diploma programs in engineering
technology.
Leech can’t make this year’s competition, but he been a spectator,
a speaker, and handed out special
rulers and airplanes and other fun
things to let the audience know
ASTTBC is there.
The association will be represented this year by Jason Jung, manager
of program development, regional

manager Bruce Stevens, and community representative Henry Murphy, an Okanagan College engineering technology instructor.
Murphy echoed Leech’s contention that many people don’t consider technology as a career.
“They think of engineers and
trades people, but there is that link
in between, which is a very lucrative
link, where we need people who can
understand engineering and be able
apply principles to trades people.
So we are called applied science
technologists.”
Leech said a statement that was
true when he graduated from BCIT
graduate in civil engineering technology, is still true today:
“You can get a rewarding,
well-paying job and you can do it
within two years.”